Why didn't the Phoenicians leave any written records? Why

>>2283400
They written mostly funeral and religious stelae.

>>2283400
How long do you think written records last?

>>2283400
They did.

>>2283400

They were integral in the development of our alphabet.

>>2283400
well these technically aren't Phoenician, but we do have texts from Ugarit, a site along the coast of Syria, dating to the 1400s BC. I own a translated copy of them, actually. nothing's better than reading about El drunk and slipping in his piss and shit

>>2283400
Greek alphabet was based on the Phoenician alphabet when Greeks forgot how to read and write during the dark age following bronze age collapse. And by this continuity Latin and Cyrillic script are all based on Phoenician alphabet.