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Which early civilization spread the use of a simple alphabet as it traded with other peoples?
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∙ 11y ago
Some say it was the Sumerians...
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∙ 11y agothe Phoenician
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How did the Phoenicians help spread civilization by?
By producing a useful alphabet which is the basis of today's.
How did the Phoenicians alphabet spread?
They were sea traders, and were able to introduce their alphabet to the peoples they traded with around the Mediterranean Sea.
How did the use of the Phoenician alphabet spread?
Their trading ships took it with them and the local peoples took it up.
What economic activity led to the cultural diffusion of the Phoenician alphabet?
The Phoenicians traded around the Mediterranean Sea, and spread their writing to the peoples there.
What did the Phoenicians helped spread civilization throughout the Mediterranean?
The Phoenicians were sea going traders, and traveled all around the Mediterranean. They were an advanced Civilization, and through their trade and contact with others they spread their knowledge and customs.
How was the Phoenician alphabet spread?
Traders took the alphabet with them to pass on to other people.
What effect did their sea trade have on the Phoenicians alphabet?
The Phoenician traders spread the alphabet through the Mediterranean Sea. It was taken up by the Greeks and adapted as their own alphabet, and they spread this to their own colonies.
What are some examples of how the alphabet evolved and its differences from earlier scripts?
The Phoenician alphabet originated prior to 1050 BCE, and it spread through trade and was borrowed by other peoples, particularly the Hebrews and the Greeks. It evolved in different ways because other languages had different phonologies.
What does Anglo saxon superiority mean?
Racial supiority of Anglo Saxons. they argued that the united states had a responsibility to spread Christianity and "civilization" to the world's "inferior peoples." This viewpoint narrowly defined "civilization" according to the standards of only one culture.
The Phoenicians are often referred to as the carriers of civilization because they?
The ancient Phoenicians (Lebanon and Syria today) were carriers of civilization as they traded throughout the Mediterranean. They not only transported goods but also ideas on religion, medicine and writing systems. They are perhaps best known for spreading their alphabet, on which almost all modern phonetic alphabets are based.
The most important force in the spread of both Buddhism and the alphabet was?
There are few common factors in the spread of Buddhism and the spread the alphabet. Buddhism originated in a country where there was an established writing format (India) and spread to an area China) here there was an established form of writing. If the Latin alphabet as used to day is meant then Buddhism had noting to do with its spread as that alphabet was derived from Phoenician without contact to Sanskrit the original written format of writing in India.
Who spread the alphabet as they went on trading ventures?
The Phoenicians.
