In 1998, President Bill Clinton signed the resolution, and by December 1999, the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial Foundation was accepting design proposals.
Which best explains why the Phoenician alphabet was developed? to aid in land conquests to help trade transactions to educate the government to stop foreign invasions.
Ancient Phoenicia also produced the rare purple dye that came from a special snail. Purple became the color or royalty.Needing some way to keep track of their commerce, the Phoenicians developed an alphabet, which the Greeks later adapted for their language and which in some ways shaped the English alphabet.