Question

This script’s phonetic nature made it relatively easy to learn, unlike scripts such as cuneiform which required professional training. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this script, which likely developed around the city of Byblos in modern-day Lebanon. The Greek alphabet is derived from this earlier script.
ANSWER: Phoenician [accept Phoenician script or the Phoenician alphabet]
[10e] The Phoenician alphabet’s simplicity also helped it become more popular than this formal Egyptian writing system. This writing appears with demotic script and Greek on the Rosetta Stone.
ANSWER: hieroglyphs [or hieroglyphic script; accept hieratic]
[10h] Phoenician is an abjad, meaning that its letters all represent consonants, much like the script used for this language. This Semitic language was most likely used by Jesus of Nazareth for his teachings.
ANSWER: Aramaic
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Georgia AAlabama A10101030
Auburn BClemson B010010
Auburn CBelmont1010020
Emory AVanderbilt A1010020
Georgia Tech DGeorgia Tech A1010020
FurmanGeorgia Tech C10101030
Auburn AGeorgia Tech E10101030
Mississippi State AEmory Oxford10101030
South Carolina ATennessee A10101030
Georgia Tech BSouth Carolina B1010020
Tennessee BSouthern010010
Clemson AVanderbilt B10101030