Inventions
How many characters were in their new alphabet
22
A lot of the Phoenicians were masters of what
They were masters of the arts
What was the new Phoenician alphabet lacking
It was lacking the vowels
How did they know where to go while traveling
They used to North Star as a compass
How did they get around
They used their boats/ships
Why were they conquered by the other nearby countries
Because all of their city-states were fighting over the land of the region
What groups destroyed the Phoenicians
The Persians and Alexander the great
How many shellfish did they need to make one pound of dye
60,000 Shellfish
All of the Phoenicians were very ______. This helped them invent many things and help other cultures with their needs
Wise/Smart
They place that they lived
What is the coast of the mediteranian
What was Carthage originally before a city
A trading outpost
What did they put on their boats to sink pirates
They added a ram
How they made a living
What is trading
Their capital city
What is Byblos
What city was so large it tried to overpower the Roman empire
What type of shellfish was used to make the original purple dye
They used the murex
Why did they change from 2000 characters to 22
They valued simplicity
Where phoenicia was located in the past compared to common day
What is Lebanon
The phoenicians acted as _________ for their neighbors they transported papyrus, copper, spices, ivory, gold, embroidered cloth and slaves to desinations throughout the medditeranian
Middlemen