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A very interesting read. I'm a bit puzzled by one thing. Author writes that the Greek alphabet is based on Linear B script, and also that it is based on Phoeni

• nand4011 3mo ago
  The Greeks lost writing as a technology during the collapse, so the two alphabets aren't related. They just represent the same language.
• jccooper 3mo ago
  > The Mycenaean palaces had developed a syllabic script, which we call Linear B, to represent their spoken Greek. This form of writing is entirely lost. In the 8th century, the Greeks will adopt an entirely new script – borrowing the one the Phoenicians are using – to represent their language You've misread something. Linear B encoded Greek, but is not related to the Phoenician-based script.