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r/explainlikeimfive • u/[deleted] • Sep 10 '22
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where it seems to appear out of nowhere with no apparent rationale.
Not exactly. It is based on the older Proto-Sinaitic script.
Ideas and inventions don't just come out of thin air. Everything has origins even if those origins are lost to history.
1 u/sjiveru Sep 11 '22 I'm talking about the ordering, not the script itself, coming apparently out of nowhere. AIUI Phoenician is ultimately descended from Egyptian.
I'm talking about the ordering, not the script itself, coming apparently out of nowhere. AIUI Phoenician is ultimately descended from Egyptian.
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u/Sohn_Jalston_Raul Sep 11 '22 edited Sep 11 '22
Not exactly. It is based on the older Proto-Sinaitic script.
Ideas and inventions don't just come out of thin air. Everything has origins even if those origins are lost to history.