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To keep readily and consistently readable and understandable records and communication.
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Why did Phoenicians develop a writing system?
For communication and records.
Did the Phoenicians develop a writing system before or after the Sumerians?
The Phoenicians developed their writing system from the Sumerian writing system in 1400 BCE, so their writing system came after the Sumerian one.
Where did the Phoenicians develop a writing system?
In the Phoenician city-states.
Why did the Phoenicians develop a system?
In order to record and communicate in an economical and effective way, compared to existing pictograms and syllabic writing.
What did the Phoenicians use as their writing system?
An alphabet.
Why did the Phoenicians develop a writing systems?
In order to record and communicate in an economical and effective way, compared to existing pictograms and syllabic writing.
What is a system of letters invented by the Phoenicians to make writing easier?
The Alphabet
What did the Phoenicians invent to make record-keeping easier?
They were the first to develop alphabet-based writing, much simpler than the writing systems developed so far.
How did the Phoenicians improve upon the Sumerian invention?
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.
What Sumerian invention did the Phoenicians improve?
They developed an alphabet to impr0ve on the cuneiform writing system.
What system did the Mesopotamians develop?
They developed a writing system.
What writing system did the Phoenicia develop?
An alphabetic system.
