Question

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The Phoenician alphabet was different from any previous forms of symbol writing because

A. it used a system that each symbol represented a spoken sound

B. it was easy to write on the newly developed paper product

C. it was easier to understand than other developed forms of communication

D. it was determined to be the only acceptable form of communication by the pharaoh

Answer 1

Answer:  C. it was easier to understand than other developed forms of communication

-Their alphabet required far fewer symbols. -Their alphabet could be written more rapidly, and was easier to learn. ... The Phoenician-derived alphabet contained no vowels, only consonants. The Greeks added five vowels and formalized the letter forms.

Explanation:  How was the Phoenician alphabet different?

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Phoenician writing was read from right to left like Hebrew and Arab, but the opposite direction of English. The major difference between the 22-letter Phoenician alphabet and the one we use today is that the Phoenician alphabet had no vowels. Its genius was its simplicity.

✴ Phoenician alphabet: An extinct northern Semitic alphabet used by the Phoenicians of Syria and their Carthaginian colonists from the 13th century B.C. and the immediate ancestor of the Greek Alphabet.