Geography & Trade
This present-day country was home to the ancient Phoenicians.
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Around 1000 B.C., this type of independent political unit began forming in Phoenicia.
What is a city-state?
This famous purple product made from shellfish was Phoenicia’s most valued trade good.
What is purple dye?
Phoenician ships were mainly powered by this natural force
What is wind?
The Phoenicians used this writing system made up of 22 symbols.
What is the Phoenician alphabet?
The Phoenicians lived along this sea.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
These ancient people gave the Phoenicians their name.
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The Phoenicians exported this building material to Egypt and Mesopotamia.
What is wood?
Their ships had this type of large sail to help carry cargo over long distances.
What is a square sail?
Each Phoenician symbol stood for one of these.
What is a sound?
These natural features made the Phoenician coast ideal for trade.
What are natural resources and good harbors?
Despite being wealthy and skilled, Phoenicia was weak in this area.
What is military strength?
Phoenicians imported these types of materials to make luxury goods.
What are raw materials?
The Phoenicians may have sailed around this continent long before others.
What is Africa?
This ancient civilization borrowed and adapted the Phoenician alphabet first.
Who are the Greeks?
This island group in the mid-Atlantic was one of the places the Phoenicians may have reached.
What are the Azores?
This powerful empire eventually absorbed the Phoenicians.
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Phoenician artisans transformed raw materials into these types of high-end trade items.
What are luxury goods?
This northern island, now part of the UK, may have been a Phoenician destination.
What is Britain?
The Phoenician alphabet eventually evolved into this modern writing system.
What is the Western alphabet?
The Phoenicians traded this rare metal used to make bronze.
What is tin?
Though independent, the Phoenician city-states shared these two key cultural traits.
What are language and a trading economy?
The Phoenicians are said to have exported this most important "product" — not a good, but an idea.
What is culture?
The Phoenicians were among the first from this region to sail the Atlantic.
What is the Mediterranean?
The Phoenician alphabet was originally adapted from this earlier writing system.
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