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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.
They learned the alphabet from the Phonecians. Hope I helped:)
The Greeks appropriated the Phoenician alphabet and altered it to suit their own language.
They produced an alphabet which the Greeks adopted and adapted.
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Why was the ex change of ideas between the Greeks an pheonicians possible?
The Greeks and the Phoenicians did not live far from each other. They both were from the eastern Mediterranean. The Phoenicians lived in modern day Lebanon. The Greeks and Phoenicians were the main traders in the eastern Mediterranean and their fleets dominated these waters. They traded with all the peoples in this area and with each other. Trade brought interexchange of ideas.
What Phoenician inventions did the Greeks improve?
the alphabet
The Phoenicians based their government on the egyptians and the?
greeks
Who introduced the written alphabet to the Greeks?
The Phoenicians.
Did the Ancient Greeks make the first alphabet?
No - they copied theirs from the Phoenicians.
What aspects of culture did the Greeks adopt from their trade partner the Phoenicians?
The Phoenician Alphabet
Why was the ex change of ideas between the Greeks and Phoenicians possible?
i have no clue look in a book
Why was the ex change of ideas between the Greeks an pheonicians possible?
The Greeks and the Phoenicians did not live far from each other. They both were from the eastern Mediterranean. The Phoenicians lived in modern day Lebanon. The Greeks and Phoenicians were the main traders in the eastern Mediterranean and their fleets dominated these waters. They traded with all the peoples in this area and with each other. Trade brought interexchange of ideas.
Did Phoenicians adopt monotheism?
No.
Which civilization is older the Greeks or the Phoenicians?
the greeks are older
Who impacted the Greeks alphabet?
The Phoenicians
From who did the Greeks learn the alphabet?
the phoenicians
The Greeks named the Phoenicians after what?
poo
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!
Which civilization was famous for it's expert sailors?
The Greeks, the British, the French, the Americans, the Chinese, The Phoenicians.
What Phoenician inventions did the Greeks improve?
the alphabet
Whom did the Greeks learn the alphabet?
The Phoenicians
