CIVILIZATION
PHOENICIAN
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Was the Phoenician alphabet simpler or more difficult than hieroglyphics or cuneiform?
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simpler
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more difficult
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -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.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Phoenician alphabet used fewer symbols and was much easier to learn than the cuneiform script, which used symbols. The Israelites were a small group of people that traced their beginnings back to Mesopotamia.
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