CIVILIZATION
PHOENICIAN
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Question
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They introduced the alphabet
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They introduced the Olympic Games
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They introduced literature and theatre
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Phoenician alphabet, writing system that developed out of the North Semitic alphabet and was spread over the Mediterranean area by Phoenician traders. It is the probable ancestor of the Greek alphabet and, hence, of all Western alphabets.
Detailed explanation-2: -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.
Detailed explanation-3: -Phoenician/Canaanite. The Phoenician alphabet developed from the Proto-Canaanite alphabet, during the 15th century BC. Before then the Phoenicians wrote with a cuneiform script. The earliest known inscriptions in the Phoenician alphabet come from Byblos and date back to 1000 BC.