SYMHC Classics: The Phoenician Alphabet

Stuff You Missed in History Class

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History, Society & Culture

4.2 • 23.6K Ratings

🗓️ 13 January 2018

⏱️ 17 minutes

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This classic episode revisits the Phoenicians, great ship-builders, sailors and textile experts. But they're most known for developing the alphabet that many modern alphabets are descended from.

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0:33.1	Hey everybody, happy Saturday.
0:34.9	Today we are jumping back to an episode that was inspired by a trip I took to Epcot.
0:39.5	But don't worry if you're not into theme park things.
0:41.9	It isn't no way about anything Disney.
0:44.6	Nope, it is about the origins of the Phoenician alphabet
0:48.0	and how that filled a communication gap for merchants when it was invented.
0:53.2	So let's just hop right in.
0:58.2	Welcome to Stuff You Missed in History class from HouseStopWorks.com.
1:10.2	Hello and welcome to the podcast.
1:11.9	I'm Holly Fry and I'm Tracy V. Wilson.
1:14.7	And today we're talking about a piece of history that touches most people
1:19.0	and probably most people that are listening to this podcast in English.
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