Despite the Adoption of Their Alphabet System from the Phoenicians

question 34

Multiple Choice

Despite the adoption of their alphabet system from the Phoenicians, literacy in Greece

• A)was limited only to the priests.
• B)remained elusive for several centuries, relying on oral traditions.
• C)was reserved for business transactions.
• D)was undermined by the diversity of languages in the Greek islands.
• E)divided between Phoenician and Linear B.

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