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It was alphabetic, and allowed accuracy and easy understanding of complex words, as opposed to the pictograms and syllabic scripts before they invented this. It was so effective that it was adapted by the Greeks and Romans for their own writing, and forms the basis of our common writing today.
It was the first to use a simple, flexible alphabetic writing system. From the Phoenician alphabet developed the Greek and Roma alphabets which underpin the alphabets we use today.
It was alphabetic and enabled better communication and record keeping.
Phoenicians writing was important because they has so much trade. They needed a way to simplify writing. Cuneiform had hundreds of symbols, just to much and complicating. So they found out a way to write with using 22 symbols. Making it easier for trade.
The Phoenician alphabet was thought to be the basis of almost all modern alphabets today. And they were the first state level society to extensively use the alphabet.
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What was the Phoenician's most important achievement?
Invention of an alphabet and astral navigation.
What do scholars call Phoenician writing?
Alphabetic.
How are the Phoenician alphabet and Coneiform writing different?
Phoenician is an alphabet which forms syllables and words. Cuneiform is syllabic.
When did the Phoenician writing appear?
About 3,000 years ago.
What were the largest contributions of the Phoenician culture?
Alphabetic writing.
Why Phoenician develop a writing system?
For communication and records.
Where did the ancient writing Phoenician first begin?
In the Levant.
What was one advantage of the Phoenician alphabet?
The writing messages
What writing did greek devalop?
They produced a variant on the Phoenician alphabet, which had pioneered cursive writing.
In what specific way did Phoenician writing differ from cuneiform?
Phoenician writing was an alphabetic script, with one symbol representing one sound, while cuneiform was a complex script with many signs representing syllables, words, or concepts. Phoenician writing was more flexible and easier to learn compared to cuneiform.
What was the connection between trade and the Phoenician alphabet?
The Phoenician trading ship spread their writing system around the Mediterranean Sea.
What Phoenician creation do you still use today?
Alphabetical writing.
