The story of Phoenician alphabet

Consonant alphabet of the Phoenician cities, carried around the Mediterranean by traders; the probable ancestor of the Greek alphabet.

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c. 1100 BCE – c. 50 BCE

Phoenician alphabet. Consonant alphabet of the Phoenician cities, carried around the Mediterranean by traders; the probable ancestor of the Greek alphabet.

The Phoenician alphabet led to the Latin alphabet and the Hebrew alphabet.

The Phoenician alphabet followed from the invention of the alphabet.

The Phoenician alphabet, located in Byblos.

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