CIVILIZATION
PHOENICIAN
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Question
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Before the development of their alphabet, what writing system did the Phoenician use?
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Hieroglyphics
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Latin
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Cuneiform
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Chinese
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Before circa 1000 BCE Phoenician was written using cuneiform symbols that were common across Mesopotamia. The first signs of the Phoenician alphabet found at Byblos are clearly derived from Egyptian hieroglyphics, and not from cuneiform.
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