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when mesopotamia fell, writing continued by         Pheonecians                  (parts of Lebanon, Syria + Israel)         forced by geography to trade by sea         geography/location influence on spread of ideas         22 character writing system         Phonetic system         read right to left         wrote on papyrus (perished)         evolved into hebrew + arabic alphabets

[ pheonician alphabet with sign, sound value,          name and meaning ]