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The Phoenicians developed their writing system from the Sumerian writing system in 1400 BCE, so their writing system came after the Sumerian one.
Phoenicians continued trading even when they were not independent.
Phoenicians.
Phoenicians
An alphabet.
For communication and records.
The Phoenicians improved upon the Sumerian invention by when the Sumerians invented the first writing system (symbols and cuneiform) the Phoenicians invented the alphabet which was easier.
In the Phoenician city-states.
The Alphabet
The got as far as Cornwall in England, where they bought tin.
They developed an alphabet to impr0ve on the cuneiform writing system.