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There is, however, no doubt that the Phoenician use of the North Semitic alphabet went further back.By being adopted and then adapted by the Greeks, the North Semitic, or Phoenician, alphabet became the direct ancestor of all Western alphabets.Only very few inscriptions have been found in Phoenicia proper.This rarity of indigenous documents is in contrast to the numbers of Phoenician inscriptions found elsewhere--on Cyprus, Malta, Sicily, and Sardinia, and in Greece, North Africa, Marseille, Spain, and other place.The religion of the Canaanites was an agricultural religion, with pronounced fertility motifs.Their main gods were called the Baalim (Lords), and their consorts the Baalot (Ladies), or Asherah (singular), usually known by the personal plural name Ashtoret.
The two Canaanite branches may be subdivided into several secondary branches.
A cursive style reached its climax in the inscriptions at Tel Lakhish, dating from the beginning of the 6th century BC.