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Are alphabets is invented or discovered?
Alphabetic writing was invented.
Did any Africans invent alphabetic writing?
No pure alphabets, but there are some abugidas that were invented by African cultures, for example, the Amharic abugida.
What was the legacy of the Phoenicians?
Their monotheistic beliefs inspired Judeo-Christian religion. Their development of alphabetic writing system was adapted by the Greeks. Their system of legal codification was adopted by reomans. Their establishment of Bureaucratic state influenced political structure of Persian Empire.
From which culture did the Phoenicians learn hieroglyphics?
Hieroglyphics is the name we give to Egyptian symbol writing. The Phoenicians invented their own simplified writing system based on alphabetic symbols which represented sounds. This simplified writing and was copied and modified by the Greeks and Romans, and forms the basis of today's alphabets.
What element of civilization are the development of cuneiform and hieroglyphics important accomplishment?
Writing systems, specifically an early stage in the development an alphabetic writing system. i
