CIVILIZATION
PHOENICIAN
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Question
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hire scribes.
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teach cuneiform.
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learn cuneiform.
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learn to read and write.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Phoenician alphabet was used to write the Early Iron Age Canaanite languages, subcategorized by historians as Phoenician, Hebrew, Moabite, Ammonite and Edomite, as well as Old Aramaic.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Phoenician writing system is, by virtue of being an alphabet, simple and easy to learn, and also very adaptable to other languages, quite unlike cuneiform or hieroglyphics. In the 9th century BCE the Aramaeans had adopted the Phoenician alphabet, added symbols for the initial “aleph” and for long vowels.
Detailed explanation-3: -Punic was a monumental script and neo-Punic a cursive form. The Phoenician alphabet in all its variants changed from its North Semitic ancestor only in external form-the shapes of the letters varied a little in mainland Phoenician and a good deal in Punic and neo-Punic.