The advantage of the Phoenician alphabet over the writing of Egypt or the Mesopotamia.

In the second millennium BC, the Phoenicians were able to invent their own alphabet. Its advantage over the writing of ancient Egypt and Sumer was that it was easy and understandable to learn, since it had only 22 letters. True, on the other hand, its significant drawback was the lack of vowels. Only the Greeks, who borrowed this alphabet from the Phoenicians, were able to supplement it with vowels.