WORLD CIVILIZATION

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -The most important one is the alphabet. Most writing systems were made up of hundreds if not thousands of characters. The Phoenicians or their predecessors borrowed only 22 Egyptian hieroglyphs. Second is that the Phoenicians reestablished maritime trade routes that had been broken by the Late Bronze Age Collapse c.

Detailed explanation-3: -A fairly small group of traders and merchants known as the Phoenicians created the foundation for the modern English alphabet and other alphabets. They organized a system of 22 consonants into what became the alphabet used not only by English speakers, but by speakers of many of the world’s languages.

Detailed explanation-4: -What was one important advantage of the Phoenician alphabet? It forms the basis of the English alphabet. Each letter stood for one sound. It was simple and easier to learn so more people could write which simplified trade between people who spoke different languages.