Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level
4.7
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
699
Points per Word
0.000715
Page Count
24
Points per Page
0.020833
Description
This book explores how ancient Phoenicians adapted Mesopotamians' cuneiform into their own written language around 1500 B.C. then, through their trade with other nations, spread the alphabet to parts of Asia, Africa, and Europe.