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Show Battles of Alphabets, Doclphormont of tho cuneiform syllabary sylla-bary by Georgo Smith of tho Cyprloto alphabot by tho Bnmo acholnr nnd of tho Hlttlto alphabet by Prof. Sayco tihcds light on n conflict among alphabets. alpha-bets. Tho battloflcld was Asia Minor and tho compotlng alphabots woro tho three named. All three, howover, wero vanquished by the Phoenician alphabet. alpha-bet. Tho Assyrlnn syllabary was backed by physical forco. Tho victories victor-ies of jargon nnd Assurbnnlpnl had mado tho Inlluonco of Assyrian civilization civili-zation felt In tho islands nnd ponln-sulas ponln-sulas washod by tho Mediterranean. Yet it scorns never to hnvo boon in tho running at all. |