It is based on the principle that on sign represents one spoken sound.
Describe the shape of the letters and what tool created them?
A stylus created them. They are angular and straight shapes.
What two reasons made the Phoenician alphabet so successful?
It was so successful because it was contrasted with other scripts at the time which used complex characters, and the trading culture of the phoenician merchants spread the use of the alphabet into parts of North Africa and Europe.
What long term effects on the social structures of civilizations did the Phoenicians have with the creation of their alphabet?
One long term effects on social structures was of the civilizations which came into contact with it. It was the first wide spread script.
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