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[…T]he standardization and spread of the alphabet by the Phoenicians, and what made it so revolutionary, is that alphabetic writing is not as complicated as the non-alphabetic writing systems of ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt. This, in turn, meant that literacy rates could potentially rise, since anyone, from the lowest levels of society to the highest, could now learn how to read and write with greater ease.
— Nov 09, 2025 04:12AM
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[C]riteria to define a dark age […] (1) the collapse of the central administrative organization; (2) the disappearance of the traditional elite class; (3) a breakdown of the centralized economy; (4) a settlement shift; […] (5) population decline […] (6) a loss of writing; and (7) a pause in the construction of monumental architecture.
— Oct 22, 2025 10:23AM
