Mulroy & the Greeks

In response to the question about Mulroy and the Greeks, I read that Mulroy says that the Greeks came up with a revolutionary method of writing, that shaped the way we think about writing and our present-day writing styles. The idea for the Greek alphabet apparently originated with the Phoenicians, who were the inhabitants of what is now Lebanon, and were at the fore of international trade and navigation during the dark ages. Because of the early Greek alphabet, we are blessed with the Latin alphabet, which we use, and the Cyrillic alphabet, used more commonly by the Slavic peoples, like Russia and the Czech Republic. Some of his contemporaries would say that the Greeks mostly communicated orally, and really had no need for a written language. However, Mulroy says that the written language served as a 'tipping point,' and led to the great advances we now have. I agree with Mulroy, and do not think that the world would be what it is today without the Greeks, and their strides in advancing language and knowledge.