Cultural Legacies of Ancient Civilizations[series info]

Phoenicians: the Alphabet & Carthage's Hannibal (ca 1050-146 Bc/bce)

The Phoenicians did not create an empire, but several city-states such as Byblos and Carthage. They were very successful seafaring traders. Their most influential legacy is the creation of a simple alphabet for business transactions. Its structure was adopted by the Greeks, Romans and other Western languages, including English. Eventually, though, Carthage's Hannibal challenged the Romans for supremacy of the Mediterranean and lost everything.

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