that one sigh represents on spoken sound
2. Describe the shape of the letters and what tool created them?
angular and straight. and the were created with a stylist.
3. What two reasons made the Phoenician alphabet so successful?
1) the trading culture of the Phoenician merchants spread the use f the alphabet into parts of north Africa and Europe
2) it contrasted with other scripts at the time which used complex characters and were difficult to learn.
4. What long term effects on the social structures of civilizations did the Phoenicians have with the creation of their alphabet?
First wide spread script. its simplicity allowed it to be used in different languages. disintegrated class divisions between royalty and common people.
Post an example of the Phoenician alphabet in visual form.
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