CIVILIZATION
PHOENICIAN
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shipbuilding and sailing strategies
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maps and compasses
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the alphabet they had invented
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stories and legends
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Detailed explanation-1: -The invention of the Phoenician Alphabet, the prototype for all alphabets in the world, is the most significant contribution that Lebanon has made to the whole of humanity.
Detailed explanation-2: -The German philologist Max Müller (1823-1900) believed that the Phoenician alphabet was derived from the Ancient South Arabian script during the 9th-century BC rule of the Minaeans over parts of the Eastern Mediterranean.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Phoenicians, like the Hebrews and Arabs today, wrote from right to left. The Greeks originally did the same, then changed to a system where they changed direction every line, and finally to the present system of left to right. This has passed down to all the modern European alphabets.