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What Phoenician achievements did the Greeks adopt?
The Greeks copied and adapted the Phoenician alphabet for their own use.
How was the greek alphabet invented?
Early Greek merchants adapted the Phoenician alphabet for their own use.
How did the Phoenician alphabet affect the Mediterranean world in later civilizations?
It was adapted for se by Latin and Greek, and so the basis of writing today.
The greek alphabet was based on which alphabet?
The Greek alphabet was based on the Phoenician alphabet, which as not a "true" alphabet. It was something called an 'abjad' (using only consonants)-Greek was the first language to use a "true" alphabet, consisting of both vowels and consonants. The Phoenician alphabet only used consonants, with some consonants used for vowel sounds. Phoenician is an alphabet as well as a writing system, Phoenician alphabet unlike the complex characters used in Cuneiform scripts, and Egyptian Hieroglyphics to form words was very difficult to learn, and later to understand. The simplicity of the phonics system of the Phoenician alphabet helped it to become popular and was expanded upon by the Greek alphabet, which was later a base for the Latin alphabet and Runic alphabet
What did the Phoenicians have to do with the alphabet?
They invented an alphabet and it was later adapted by the Greeks and Romans and it so became the basis of the alphabets we use today.
How is the English language influenced by Phoenicians?
No influence whatsoever, apart from the fact that modern alphabets originate from the Phoenician alphabet. The Greeks modelled their alphabet on that of the Phoenicians. The Latins adopted and adapted the western Greek alphabet. We use an adapted form of the Latin alphabet.
What influence did the Phoenicians play in the development of Greece?
The Greeks adapted the Phoenician alphabet for their own communications.
How did the Greeks change the Phoenician alphabet?
The Phoenicians invented the Phoenician alphabet to use themselves to simplify writing and make it more usable thant the previous systems used in Egypt and Mesopotamia. The Greeks adapted it for their own use, they are pioneers of vowels in alphabet.
How many letters were there in the Phoenician alphabet?
The Phoenician alphabet is the oldest verified consonantal alphabet, dating to approximately 1200 BCE. The alphabet was used by the ancient civilization of Phoenicia and through their traveling and colonization came to widespread use. The Phoenician alphabet consisted of 22 letters, many of which form the basis of the greek alphabet and therefore the Latin and English alphabets currently in use.
Why was the Phoenician alphabet easier to use than the previous alphabet?
There were no previous alphabets. Prior to the Phoenician alphabet, writing systems involved thousands of pictures to represesent words.
How did the Israelites use the Phoenician alphabet?
They modified it, as did the Greeks and Romans.
What was the most important contributinn of the Phoenician civilization?
The alphabet we use today was based on the Phoenician alphabet system, passed to us via the Greek and Roman alphabets.
