CIVILIZATION
PHOENICIAN
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Question
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speech sounds instead of ideas
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ideas instead of speech sounds
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whole words
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it is unknown
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Detailed explanation-1: -The first signs of the Phoenician alphabet found at Byblos are clearly derived from Egyptian hieroglyphics, and not from cuneiform. The 22 Phoenician letters are simplifications of Egyptian hieroglyphic symbols, which took on a standardized form at the end of the 12th century BCE.
Detailed explanation-2: -Phoenician writing was read from right to left like Hebrew and Arab, but the opposite direction of English. The major difference between the 22-letter Phoenician alphabet and the one we use today is that the Phoenician alphabet had no vowels.
Detailed explanation-3: -An alphabet is made up of pictures or symbols that represent speech sounds. The first alphabet was developed by the Phoenicians in about 1800 B.C. They were merchants and lived where major trade routes met.