Wednesday, February 29, 2012

The Phonetic Alphabet | 1050 BC

The Phoenician alphabet is based on what principle?
based on the principle that one sign represents one spoken sound

Describe the shape of the letters and what tool created them?most of the shapes were angular and straight and written from right to left

What two reasons made the Phoenician alphabet so successful?
this system used complex characters and were difficult to learn

What long term effects on the social structures of civilizations did the Phoenicians have with the creation of their alphabet?
First Widespread Script 

Post an example of the Phoenician alphabet in visual form.

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