Phoenician Alphabet | 1050 BCE – 7 BCE

Pictures:

Phoenician Alphabet

Above is the Phoenician Alphabet engraved into a piece of stone.

Greek Alphabet

Here is the Greek alphabet which is painted onto pottery.

Latin Alphabet

Here is the Roman alphabet also known at the Latin alphabet, it is engraved into a piece of stone.

Questions:

1. Why was the Phoenician alphabet successful?

The Phoenician alphabet was successful because it helped the trading culture of the Phoenician merchants spread the use of the alphabet into parts of North Africa and Europe.

2. What is a “social structure” of a civilization?

A social structure of a civilization is if they have a long term effect for the future which was that their alphabet was the first widespread text.

3. Why is the Roman alphabet the most widely used and what contributions did it make?

The Roman alphabet (Latin alphabet) is the most widely used alphabetic writing system because of its rigid formal

4. Compare and contrast the three alphabets.

The three alphabets are different in their own little way. The Roman and Greek are more modern and has the letters from today. The Phoenician alphabet is more picture like than the others.

5. When and where did lowercase, or minuscule letters develop?

The lowercase letters were developed in year 835 in Greek.