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c. 3200 BCEHieroglyphic script developed in Egypt.
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2000 BCEMinoan hieroglyphic script is invented.
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1700 BCEMinoan Linear A script.
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c. 1600 BCECanaanite alphabet.
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c. 1400 BCEUgaritic alphabet of 30 letters is invented.
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1100 BCEPhoenician alphabet.
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c. 1000 BCEDeath of Ahiram (or Ahirom) of Byblos, whose sarcophagus bears the oldest inscription of the Phoenician alphabet.
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800 BCEEarliest examples of Greek alphabetic script.
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c. 350 CE - c. 950 CEEstimated use of the Ogham in Ireland and southwestern England.
