Describe the shape of the letters and what tool created them? Most letters are angular and straight and inscribed with a stylus.
What two reasons made the Phoenician alphabet so successful? It was simpler than other languages at the time and trading spread it to other countries.
What long term effects on the social structures of civilizations did the Phoenicians have with the creation of their alphabet? It was the first widespread script, it was used in many languages, it allowed common people to learn to write, disintegrated class distinctions between royalty and common people,
Post an example of the Phoenician alphabet in visual form.
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