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The History of English Podcast

Episode 13: Greece, Phoenicia and the Alphabet

39 min • 17 oktober 2012

Mycenaean Greek writing disappears during the Greek Dark Age, but the Greeks encounter the Phoenicians and adopt their alphabet. The Greek alphabet results in the spread of literacy. Modern English words from this period of Greek history are examined.

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