HISTORY
HISTORY OF THE MIDDLE EAST
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Question
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hire scribes.
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teach cuneiform.
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learn cuneiform.
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learn to read and write.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Phoenician alphabet was used to write the Early Iron Age Canaanite languages, subcategorized by historians as Phoenician, Hebrew, Moabite, Ammonite and Edomite, as well as Old Aramaic.
Detailed explanation-2: -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. In the 9th century BCE the Aramaeans had adopted the Phoenician alphabet, added symbols for the initial “aleph” and for long vowels.
Detailed explanation-3: -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.