Endnote 6 – Part III: How the Alphabet Democratized Civilization

The Amarna Tablets—found in Tell-el Amarna in Egypt—are written in cuneiform, in the Akkadian lingua franca of diplomatic correspondence in the 14th century B.C.E. between Egypt and Egyptian vassals of Syria-Palestine, as well as between the great powers: Egypt, the Hittite kingdom, Mitanni and Mesopotamia.