Was the Phoenician writing system a true alphabet? If not, what should it be called instead, and what was the earliest true ...

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Long before the “A, B, C Song” — built upon the Latin alphabet ... Ancient Greek, cultures around the world were communicating with one another. The Sumerians of Mesopotamia built a language ...