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1100 BCE: Phoenician alphabet.
800 BCE - 700 BCE: Greek Alphabet is derived from Phoenician script and develops; used in writing Iliad & Odyssey.
740 BCE: Oldest known Greek alphabetic inscriptions ever recorded.
403 BCE: Athens takes the initiative of unifying the Greek alphabet.