WORLD WAR II 1941 1945
THE START OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR
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Purple dye
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Alphabet
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Ship-building technology
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Paper money
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Detailed explanation-1: -What was the Phoenicians’ greatest legacy? It was undoubtedly their alphabet. Created c1000 BC, the Phoenician writing system of 22 letters was in itself not very revolutionary. In fact, it was really only a modification of similar alphabets that already existed in the region.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Phoenician alphabet was a significant contribution of the Phoenician culture because it was the first to connect the written language to the spoken language. By developing symbols that stood for sounds instead of phrases, readers of the Phoenician writing system could sound out words.
Detailed explanation-3: -Perhaps the most significant contribution of the Phoenicians was an alphabetic writing system that became the root of the Western alphabets when the Greeks adopted it.