That one sign represents one spoken sound
Describe the shape of the letters and what tool created them?
Angular and straight, created by a stylus
What two reasons made the Phoenician alphabet so successful?
It was easier to learn than cuneiform or hieroglyphics 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 disintegrated class divisions between royalty and the common people.
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