One sign represents one spoken sounds!
Describe the shape of the letters and what tool created them.
Angular & straight, stylus.
What two reasons made the Phoenician Alphabet successful?
It was so simple it could be used in other languages & allowed common people to learn how to write.
What long term effects on the social structures of civilizations did the Phoenicians have with the creation of their alphabet?
Disintegrated class divisions between royalty and common people!
Example of Phoenician Alphabet:
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