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2 days ago · The Phoenician alphabet is a consonantal alphabet (or abjad) used across the Mediterranean civilization of Phoenicia for most of the 1st millennium BCE. It was one of the first alphabets, and attested in Canaanite and Aramaic inscriptions found across the Mediterranean region.
- Phoenician Civilization
The Phoenician language was a member of the Canaanite branch...
- History of The Alphabet
The Phoenician and Aramaic alphabets, like their Egyptian...
- Nabataean
Example in Nabataean alphabet. The Nabataean script is an...
- Paleohispanic Script
Phoenician/Greek labial letter Β was the source of...
- Tsade
Tsade (also spelled ṣade, ṣādē, ṣaddi, ṣad, tzadi, sadhe,...
- Phoenician Civilization
May 26, 2024 · The oldest known full Phoenician alphabet inscription was found in Byblos and dates to around 1000 BC [@wikipedia2023phoenician]. Over the next few centuries, use of alphabetic writing exploded across the region, appearing from Mesopotamia and Anatolia to Egypt and the Aegean.
1 day ago · The Phoenician language was a member of the Canaanite branch of the Northwest Semitic languages. Its descendant language spoken in the Carthaginian Empire is termed Punic . Punic was still spoken in the fifth century AD and known to St. Augustine of Hippo .
May 20, 2024 · Semitic languages, languages that form a branch of the Afro-Asiatic language phylum. Members of the Semitic group are spread throughout North Africa and Southwest Asia and have played preeminent roles in the linguistic and cultural landscape of the Middle East for more than 4,000 years.
May 21, 2024 · The Phoenician civilization, originating in the eastern Mediterranean around 1500 BC, was renowned for its maritime prowess, extensive trade networks, and the creation of an alphabet that influenced later writing systems.
2 days ago · Aramaic was the language of Jesus, who spoke the Galilean dialect during his public ministry, as well as the language of several sections of the Hebrew Bible, including parts of the books of Daniel and Ezra, and also the language of the Targum, the Aramaic translation of the Hebrew Bible.
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1 day ago · In antiquity, Sidon held prominence as a significant Phoenician city. Nestled on a mainland promontory and boasting two harbors. [6] Throughout ancient history, Sidon had many conquerors: Assyrians, Babylonians, Egyptians, Persians, Greeks, and finally Romans. Under Persian rule, it eclipsed Tyre to become the paramount city in Phoenicia. [6]
