The Political Power of the Alphabet
Channel: Gil Kidron
Date: 2021-11-18

The phonetic alphabet was invented by the Phoenicians back in the 9-10 centuries BCE, very close to Ancient Israel and Judea. As that revolutionary concept spread out, the Hebrews had a headstart and right away put up their "national" stories and religion into writing, turning Ancient Israelites and Judeans into one people, after the former got destroyed by the Assyrians. the power of language and its written form have proved throughout history to be the strongest unifying and disunifying forces that drive internal politics and geopolitics.

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