Friday, March 9, 2012

The Phoenician Alphabet | 1050 BC

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

Describe the shape of the letters and what tool created them?
The Phoenician alphabet consisted of angular and straight shapes, and is created with a stylus

What two reasons made the Phoenician alphabet so successful?
The system contrasted with other scripts that were more complex and difficult to learn, and 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 first widespread script, with its simplicity allowing it to be used in multiple languages, and it also allowed common people to learn how to write

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