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The Phoenician alphabet developed from the Proto-Canaanite alphabet, during the 15th century BC. Before then the Phoenicians wrote with a cuneiform script. The earliest known inscriptions in the Phoenician alphabet come from Byblos and date back to 1000 BC.
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The Phoenician alphabet developed from the Proto-Canaanite alphabet, during the 15th century BC. Before then the Phoenicians wrote with a cuneiform script. The earliest known inscriptions in the Phoenician alphabet come from Byblos and date back to 1000 BC.
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25.8 x 48.5 cm | 10.2 x 19.1 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
1000 • 15 15TH XV XVTH FIFTEENTH CENTURY • 15TH CENTURY • 15TH CENTURY; • ALPHABET • BACK • BC • BEFORE • BYBLOS • CENTURY • CÔME • CUNEIFORM WRITING • CUNEIFORM • CUNEIFORME • DATE • DEVELOPED • EARLIEST • FIFTEENTH CENTURY • INSCRIPTIONS • LEBANON • PHOENICIAN • PHOENICIANS • PHONECIA • PROTO-CANAANITE • SCRIPT • SIGLO XV • THEN
