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Who created the alphabet? A historian describes the millennia-long story of the ABCs

  • Written by Jane Sancinito, Assistant Professor of History, UMass Lowell
Who created the alphabet? A historian describes the millennia-long story of the ABCsCreating the alphabet took thousands of years.kovalchuk/iStock via Getty Images PlusWho created the alphabet? A historian describes the millennia-long story of the ABCs

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