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The Greeks and Romans modified it for their own use, and passed those alphabets down to us today.
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What Phoenician inventions did the Greeks improve?
the alphabet
How is the English language influenced by Phoenicians?
No influence whatsoever, apart from the fact that modern alphabets originate from the Phoenician alphabet. The Greeks modelled their alphabet on that of the Phoenicians. The Latins adopted and adapted the western Greek alphabet. We use an adapted form of the Latin alphabet.
What was the major contribution of Phoenicians?
# The alphabet. The ancient Greeks had lost the use of their old alphabet, known as linear-B, during the Greek Dark Ages. When Greece began to emerge from the Dark Ages, it adopted and modified the Phoenician alphabet. The Romans, in turn, adopted and modified the Greek alphabet, to become the alphabet we use in the West. # Trade and commerce. The Phoenicians were great maritime traders. They established colonies all around the Mediterranean, including Carthage and even Spain. Rome was forced to become more outward-looking as a result of Phoenician expansion. # Religion. Some, but not all, of the ancient gods and theology of Greece were adopted from Phoenician influence.
What ideas did the Greeks adopt from the Phoenicians?
None. It was thought that the Greeks adopted the alphabet and the color named 'tyrian purple'. The reverse is actually the case as the Phoenicians did not have an alphabet they had a cuneiform script lacking any vowels. The Greek proper alphabet of linear A and linear B both predate phoenician cuneiform script. The archaeological findings in Crete at Komos has unearthed murex shells (used to make 'Tyrian purple', which show that the Minoans cultivated the sea-snail in factory farms for the production of the purple dye at least 300 years before it appeared in Tyre. The Phoenicians did however become strong traders using the ships and celestial navigation adopted from the Greeks.
From what alphabet did the Greeks create their alphabet?
The Greeks did not invent the alphabet. The alphabet was invented by the Phoenicians; the Greeks merely adapted the Phoenician alphabet to their own language.The Phoenician alphabet was originally a syllabary, but because of sound changes in the language it evolved into an alphabet.
What Phoenician inventions did the Greeks improve?
the alphabet
What did the Phoenicians develop that was adopted in western culture?
An alphabet.
What did the Phoenicians do?
They did a lot! One invention is the alphabet. Many people think that the Greeks did that, but really the Phoenicians did, and later, the Greeks adopted the Phoenicians alphabet and changed it. That's the alphabet we use today!
Who gave greeks their alphabet?
the Phoenicians made an alphabet that the Greeks adopted and changed a little.
What ancient practice did the Phoenicians adopt from the egyptians?
The Phoenician adopted the Egyptian alphabet.
How is the English language influenced by Phoenicians?
No influence whatsoever, apart from the fact that modern alphabets originate from the Phoenician alphabet. The Greeks modelled their alphabet on that of the Phoenicians. The Latins adopted and adapted the western Greek alphabet. We use an adapted form of the Latin alphabet.
What was the contribution of Phoenician alphabet to Hebrew?
The Hebrew alphabet was borrowed from the Phoenicians.
What are some lasting achievements of the Phoenicians?
1: The Phoenicians created the Phonetic alphabet which was later adopted by the Greeks and developed into our modern alphabet. 2:The Phoenicians founded and navigated with the North Star. 3: The Phoenicians were the first to create see through glass.
What was the major contribution of Phoenicians?
# The alphabet. The ancient Greeks had lost the use of their old alphabet, known as linear-B, during the Greek Dark Ages. When Greece began to emerge from the Dark Ages, it adopted and modified the Phoenician alphabet. The Romans, in turn, adopted and modified the Greek alphabet, to become the alphabet we use in the West. # Trade and commerce. The Phoenicians were great maritime traders. They established colonies all around the Mediterranean, including Carthage and even Spain. Rome was forced to become more outward-looking as a result of Phoenician expansion. # Religion. Some, but not all, of the ancient gods and theology of Greece were adopted from Phoenician influence.
What were the Phoenicians known?
their alphabet
Where is the alphabet from?
The Phoenicians invented the alphabet in the 1900's B.C.E.
What ideas did the Greeks adopt from the Phoenicians?
None. It was thought that the Greeks adopted the alphabet and the color named 'tyrian purple'. The reverse is actually the case as the Phoenicians did not have an alphabet they had a cuneiform script lacking any vowels. The Greek proper alphabet of linear A and linear B both predate phoenician cuneiform script. The archaeological findings in Crete at Komos has unearthed murex shells (used to make 'Tyrian purple', which show that the Minoans cultivated the sea-snail in factory farms for the production of the purple dye at least 300 years before it appeared in Tyre. The Phoenicians did however become strong traders using the ships and celestial navigation adopted from the Greeks.
