WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Phoenicians spread their alphabet through their vast trading network that stretched throughout the entire Mediterranean region. The Greeks adopted it and by the 8th century B.C.E. had added vowels.

Detailed explanation-2: -The people known to history as the Phoenicians occupied a narrow tract of land along the coast of modern Syria, Lebanon and northern Israel. They are famed for their commercial and maritime prowess and are recognised as having established harbours, trading posts and settlements throughout the Mediterranean basin.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Phoenicians developed an empire through trade along the coast of the Mediterranean sea. (b) Recall How did the Phoenicians gain their wealth and power? At first they sold wood and dye; later they gained wealth and power through trade to and from lands around the Mediterranean Sea.

Detailed explanation-4: -Did you know? ‡ The word ´bibleµ comes from the Greek word ´byblinosµ for the Phoenician city of Byblos, a center of bookmaking.

Detailed explanation-5: -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.