Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Greek

How did Greeks come in contact with the Phoenicians?
Phoenicians regularly traveled to greece.

How was the Greek adaptation of the alphabet different from its predecessor?
The consonants were adapted to be vowels 

Why is the Greek alphabet considered to be the world's first true alphabet?
Has given rise to many other alphabets including the latin alphabet.

Name several similarities and differences between the Greek and modern English alphabets.
They used a more neat writing when writing formal scripts, and wrote quickly when doing routine writing.








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