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The Development of Western Alphabets

The Development of Western Alphabets

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The word ‘alphabet’ comes from the first two letters of the Greek alphabet: alpha and beta. The Greeks invented an alphabet in which every sign represented a sound. Much of it was taken from the Phoenicians, who lived on the Mediterranean coast of the Middle East, and the lands they conquered as far west as Morocco. Their alphabet, dating from about 1200 B.C.,

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Short description The word ‘alphabet’ comes from the first two letters of the Greek alphabet: alpha and beta. The Greeks invented an alphabet in which every sign represented a sound. Much of it was taken from the Phoenicians, who lived on the Mediterranean coast of the Middle East, and the lands they conquered as far west as Morocco. Their alphabet, dating from about 1200 B.C.,
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