The Greeks adopted which writing system to facilitate record-keeping before developing their own alphabet?

• A. Phoenician writing system
• B. Latin script
• C. Cyrillic
• D. Aramaic

Answer: (A)

Greeks adopted a writing system from Phoenician traders because it provided a practical way to keep records and conduct trade across numerous city-states. The Phoenician script was widely known and suitable for recording language in a compact, transferable form. The Greeks took that system and adapted it to fit their language, adding vowel sounds and making it a true alphabet rather than a consonant-only script. This practical borrowing allowed efficient record-keeping before the Greeks developed their own distinct alphabet. The other scripts came later from different paths and were not the immediate model the Greeks relied on for their early records.