One sign represents one spoken sound.
Describe the shape of the letters and what tool created them?
They were shaped with a stylus, and they look like variations of today's lettering.
What two reasons made the Phoenician alphabet so successful?
It was simpler, and the Phoenician's trading culture.
What long term effects on the social structures of civilizations did the Phoenicians have with the creation of their alphabet?
First widespread script, able to be used in multiple languages, and allowed common people to learn how to write.
Post an example of the Phoenician alphabet in visual form.
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