Post an example of the Phoenician alphabet in visual form.
The Phoenician alphabet is based on what principle? That one sign represents one spoken sound.
Describe the shape of the letters and what tool created them? The shape of the letters were angular and straight. The tool that was used to create them were incised with a stylus.
What two reasons made the Phoenician alphabet so successful? The Phoenician alphabet was successful because the system contrasted with other scripts at the time which used complex characters and were difficult to learn, and also because the trading culture of the phoenician merchants spread the use of the alphabet into parts of North Africa and Europe.
What long term effects on the social structures of civilizations did the Phoenicians have with the creation of their alphabet? It was the 1st widespread script, its simplicity allowed it to be used in multiple languages but it also allowed common people to learn how to write.
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