Which Phoenician innovation had the greatest long-term impact on civilizations like the Greeks and Romans?

Their method for creating purple dye

Their system of writing using an alphabet

Their skill in carving ivory statues

Their knowledge of building large pyramids

How did Phoenicia's location on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea primarily affect its development?

It isolated them from other civilizations.

It forced them to become desert nomads.

It provided a great advantage for sea trade.

It limited their access to building materials.

is still used in its original form in Lebanon.

was the model for the Greek and Roman writing systems.

contained the first known use of numbers and mathematics.

was adopted by Egyptian pharaohs for all royal decrees.