Question

Write a short letter to an ancient Phoenician, in which you talk about the importance of the alphabet. It should include a greeting, a closing, and at least three reasons why their invention of the alphabet is important to your life

Answer 1

The Phoenician alphabet is important because it connected the spoken language to the written language. This created a more universal way of communication. Other written languages also derived from the Phoenician alphabet. 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. 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.