They invented alphabetic writing to replace pictographic and syllabic writings.
They were the first to develop alphabet-based writing, much simpler than the writing systems developed so far.
People wrote in pictograms and syllabic writing, until the Phoenicians showed the way to the simpler and more accurate alphabetic writing.
The Alphabet
Alphabetic writing.
It helped create the writing we have today
The Phoenicians developed their writing system from the Sumerian writing system in 1400 BCE, so their writing system came after the Sumerian one.
An alphabet to improve writing efficiency.
An alphabet.
Alphabetic.
They invented an alphabet to replace hieroglyphic writing, and syllabic writing.
Trade, astral navigation, alphabetic writing.
For communication and records.