About 3,000 years ago.
Alphabetic.
Phoenician is an alphabet which forms syllables and words. Cuneiform is syllabic.
In the Levant.
The writing messages
Alphabetic writing.
For communication and records.
They produced a variant on the Phoenician alphabet, which had pioneered cursive writing.
Phoenician writing was an alphabetic script, with one symbol representing one sound, while cuneiform was a complex script with many signs representing syllables, words, or concepts. Phoenician writing was more flexible and easier to learn compared to cuneiform.
The Phoenician trading ship spread their writing system around the Mediterranean Sea.
Trade and alphabetic writing.
Alphabetic writing.
In the Phoenician city-states.