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Why was The Phoenician alphabetic writing system was a great gift to Greece?
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∙ 14y ago
the Greeks used some of the Phoenician symbols and formed their first true alphabet and it led to widespread literacy, it was used for economic purposes or preserving oral poetic epics
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How was the Phoenician system of writing similar to the Egyptian system of writing?
Alphabetic is phonic, cuneiform is pictographic.
What was the most significant Phoenician contribution?
The alphabetic writing system, copied by Greek, Roman and modern European languages.
What was the system of writing of the Phoenician?
They looked for a better means of written communication and record keeping than the existing hieroglyphs and syllabic writing systems.
What was the writing system in Phoenician?
The Phoenicians developed the Phoenician alphabet, also known as the Proto-Canaanite alphabet for writing. One theory is that it may have had its origins as an adaptation of the Egyptian hieroglyphs to the Canaanite language.
What do scholar call the Phoenician writing system?
Ordinary people call it alphabetic. Scholars also follow suit.
What is the most contribution of the Phoenician?
The lasting one was developing a system of alphabetic writing which was adapted by the Greeks and Romans and forme the basis of todays Western alphabets.
Whom did the Ancient Greeks borrow their writing system?
From Phoenician alphabetic script, modified progressively to suit their own language pronunciations. Later 8th Century BCE.
What did Phoenician's create?
An alphabetic system of writing which was adapted by Greek and Roman writing, and forms the basis of the common alphabet we use today. It replaced the old scripts which were symbols representing syllables and far less efficient, flexible and communicative than the Phoenician-based scripts.
What was the writing system used in ancient Greece?
The Greek alphabet which was derived from the Phoenician one.
What writing system did the Phoenicia develop?
An alphabetic system.
What is the lasting legacy of the Phoenicians?
They were the greatest traders in ancient times. They built good ships, were good sailors and were first to establish colonies along the coasts of the Mediterranean Sea.
Which of the Phoenician accomplishments was the most important?
The one which has come down to us today - their alphabetic system of writing was adapted and adopted by the Greeks and Romans, and so forms the basis of our written communication today.
