Which Phoenician invention influenced the Western world? A) Iron B) The wheel C) The alphabet D) Writing
History · High School · Tue Nov 03 2020
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C). the alphabet
The Phoenicians are credited with one of the most influential inventions that affected the Western world: the development of an alphabetic writing system. The Phoenician alphabet was a significant advance because it used a set of symbols to represent sounds, which made writing more accessible, more flexible, and easier to learn compared to the complex writing systems like cuneiform or hieroglyphics used previously. This innovation allowed for the easier spread of literacy and record-keeping, and it greatly influenced the alphabets of many other cultures, including the Greek alphabet, which in turn formed the basis of the Latin alphabet that is used widely in the Western world today.