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Question: Why were Phoenicians historically important!?
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1!. They were important merchants and sailors, built a lot of colonies!.
2!. They were the first in human history to invent an alphabet, in which one sign/letter was meant for a sound (phonetic), till then all of the alphabets were syllabic!. Their alphabet included no vocals!.
3!. They invented the Red Colour that was used as the imperial colour, 'Tyrian purple'!.

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The Phoenicians were the first to use an alphabet, which means that each letter makes a sound- not block characters or picture symbols, like earlier civilizations!. This made writing more simple, and therefore more likely to be used by more people!.

The Phoenicians were also traders unsurpassed for many centuries!.Www@QuestionHome@Com


The Phoenicians were the first people to use the alphabet!.
They taught it to the Greeks,who passed it on to the Romans!. The rest is history!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

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