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From Phoenician alphabetic script, modified progressively to suit their own language pronunciations. Later 8th Century BCE.
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.
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
For communication and records.
In the Phoenician city-states.
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By this time it consisted of about 700 symbol's that stood for words or syllable's about 1400b.c.,the Phoenicians had developed 22 simple characters for the entire writing system. Each character stood for a consonant.* Later,the Greeks added vowels to the Phoenician alphabet.
The Phoenician trading ship spread their writing system around the Mediterranean Sea.
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.
The Greek alphabet was likely developed around the 8th century BCE to create a standardized writing system for the Greek language. This new system made it easier to record information, communicate, and preserve Greek literature and culture.
It was the first system of characters for phoenetic writing, on which Greek, Latin and modern European writing developed.
It allowed words to be accurately depicted, as opposed to the symbols of earlier systems which depicted syllables. Greek and Roman writing followed this system, and it is the basis of our alphabetic writing today.