event · evt_iberia1_alphabetic_script_expansion
Expansion and diversification of alphabetic scripts around the eastern Mediterranean and Near East
Alphabetic scripts spread and diversified across parts of the eastern Mediterranean and Near East during the early first millennium BCE.
What is the evidence?
observation
Alphabetic scripts spread and diversified across parts of the eastern Mediterranean and Near East during the early first millennium BCE.Review and provenance
Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.
Dataset workflow: proposed. This is separate from specialist review.
Confidence describes the stated assessment; it does not certify expert approval. How review works.
Chronology
Dating intervals may describe uncertainty or phases; their width alone does not establish event duration.
1050 BCE–800 BCE
Precision: range
moderatePreferred display range for this release. It preserves BCE ordering and does not suppress narrower samples, phase dates or alternatives listed separately.
- supports · contextualizes
The Spread of Alphabetic Scripts (c. 1700–500 BCE) — André Lemaire (2008)Provides the long chronology and regional spread.
Locator: pp. 45–58
Interpretation and caveats
Included to orient readers to a major textual and cultural transformation before locally attested western alphabetic use.
Event context
Classification
Event type: writing system transformation
Evidence layer: historical
Timeline role: general world context
Why it matters to the timeline
This is general world context only. It does not imply that Iberian communities used or knew alphabetic writing before local archaeological or epigraphic evidence.
Research notes
- Provides the long chronology and regional spread. Role: contextualizes. Locator: pp. 45–58.
Evidence and sources
- supports · contextualizes
The Spread of Alphabetic Scripts (c. 1700–500 BCE) — André Lemaire (2008)Provides the long chronology and regional spread.
Locator: pp. 45–58