None. It was thought that the Greeks adopted the alphabet and thecolor named ‘tyrian purple’. The reverse is actually the case asthe Phoenicians did not have an alphabet they had a cuneiformscript lacking any vowels. The Greek proper alphabet of linear Aand linear B both predate phoenician cuneiform script.
The archaeological findings in Crete at Komos has unearthed murexshells (used to make ‘Tyrian purple’, which show that the Minoanscultivated the sea-snail in factory farms for the production of thepurple dye at least 300 years before it appeared in Tyre.
The Phoenicians did however become strong traders using the shipsand celestial navigation adopted from the Greeks.
The archaeological findings in Crete at Komos has unearthed murexshells (used to make ‘Tyrian purple’, which show that the Minoanscultivated the sea-snail in factory farms for the production of thepurple dye at least 300 years before it appeared in Tyre.
The Phoenicians did however become strong traders using the shipsand celestial navigation adopted from the Greeks.
