The Phoenician alphabet is based on what principle?
Based on principle that one sign represents one spoken sound.
Describe the shape of the letters and what tool created them?
Angular and straight, incised with a stylus.
What two reasons made the Phoenician alphabet so successful?
Its simplicity allowed it to be used in multiple languages, and it also 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 the common people
Post an example of the Phoenician alphabet in visual form.
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