<P> The Phoenician alphabet is derived from Egyptian hieroglyphs . It became one of the most widely used writing systems , spread by Phoenician merchants across the Mediterranean world , where it evolved and was assimilated by many other cultures . The Paleo - Hebrew alphabet is a local variant of the Phoenician alphabetical script . Another derivative script is the Aramaic alphabet , which was the ancestor of the modern Arabic script . The Modern Hebrew script is a stylistic variant of the Aramaic script . The Greek alphabet ( and by extension its descendants , such as Latin , Cyrillic , Runic , and Coptic ) was also derived from Phoenician . </P>
<P> The Phoenician alphabet is derived from Egyptian hieroglyphs . It became one of the most widely used writing systems , spread by Phoenician merchants across the Mediterranean world , where it evolved and was assimilated by many other cultures . The Paleo - Hebrew alphabet is a local variant of the Phoenician alphabetical script . Another derivative script is the Aramaic alphabet , which was the ancestor of the modern Arabic script . The Modern Hebrew script is a stylistic variant of the Aramaic script . The Greek alphabet ( and by extension its descendants , such as Latin , Cyrillic , Runic , and Coptic ) was also derived from Phoenician . </P>
which type of writing did the phoenician alphabet develop from
which type of writing did the phoenician alphabet develop from
Egyptian hieroglyphs
Egyptian hieroglyphs