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Which best describes thWhy was the development of an alphabet an important advancement for the Phoenician civilization? Check all that apply.E organization of Phoenicia?

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It allowed people across the empire to communicate in writing.

It allowed Phoenicians to read Sumerian text.

It was the first known alphabet-based writing system.

It was used as a foundation for the Greek writing system.

It formed the basis for all writing systems that followed.

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it allowed people across the empire to communicate in writing

It was the first known alphabet-based writing system , and

It was used as a foundation for the Greek writing system :)

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Phoenician civilization developed 22 characters in their language, which is the basis of modern English alphabets. It was a easy to written language and a specific characters have a specific sound.

It was simple language that have only 22 character on other hand, cuneiform language had nearly 1,000 characters. It allowed people to communicate in writing all over empire, it was used as basis of Greek and English writing system.

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