The Phoenician Alphabet and the Atlantic Ocean

The same group that recreated the circumnavigation of Africa is currently raising funds to sail that same ship across the Atlantic. The earliest examples of Phoenician writing date back to 1200 BCE, and they are inscriptions found in the city of Biblos. Most other alphabets can actually be traced back to the Phoenician alphabet. They traded all over the Mediterranean and parts beyond; their culture is recognized as the first real globalized business.