The Phoenicians developed their ancient civilization with profits from the lucrative maritime trade of the Mediterranean.

With so many ancient texts around the world ... The proto-Sinaitic script developed into the Phoenician alphabet, which, in turn, inspired the early Hebrew, Greek and Roman alphabets.

The proto-Sinaitic script developed into the Phoenician alphabet ... seems to have been influenced by ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs, but "the Proto-Sinaitic alphabet is clearly a very innovative ...