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Vesna [10]
3 years ago
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Which is one of the most significant influences the Phoenicians had on the Western world?

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1 answer:
VLD [36.1K]3 years ago
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Herodotus wrote that Phoenicia was the birthplace of the alphabet, stating that it was brought to Greece by the Phoenician “Kadmus” circa the 8th century BCE.<u> It is suggested that the Greeks had no alphabet before that happening.</u> <u>The Phoenician alphabet is the basis for most western languages written today.</u> Something interesting to mention is that their city of Gebal reffered by the Greeks as 'Byblos gave the Bible its name. Gebal was the greatest exporter of papyrus, which was the paper used in writing in ancient Egypt and Greece.

For all the formerly mentioned, it is quite easy to infer that one of the most significant influences the Phoenicians had on the Western world is:

A. the alphabet


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