Social Studies - Phoenicia and the Military Empires 2024-2025

what modern-day country would Phoenicia be located today?

Lebanon

what did they do/how were they able to expand?

They traded with other places and set up colonies around the world

What is a definition of the term “trade route”?

roads or paths along which goods are regularly moved for export or import

What was the most sought-out trade good of the Phoenicians?

Purple dye

What was an additional trade product of the Phoenicians?

Glass

What was an additional trade product of the Phoenicians 2 ?

Cedar wood

What was used to make the phoenician purple dye?

Snails

The Phoenician writing system was phonetic - what does mean?

•  One symbol is used for one sound.

As merchants, why did the Phoenicians need a system of writing?

They needed a way to record their transactions quickly and clearly.

What did the Phoenicians do with the alphabet as trading with groups around the Mediterranean?

They introduced it to their trading partners

After learning about the Phoenician alphabet, what changes did the Greeks make to it?

They changed the form of some letters.

 what were the two main technological achievements of the Hittites that helped them on the battlefield?

Chariots and iron weapons

Why was the Assyrian empire able to create a large empire?

Because of its highly advanced military organization and state of the art weaponry

what caused the Assyrians to develop their warlike behavior? 

They had flat exposed land and because it was so easy to get in people would invade all the time. The Assyrians were tired of being invaded.

Which Neo-Babylonian leader is responsible for reviving the power of the Babylonians and rebuilding the main city of Babylon?

Nebuchadnezzar

What are some reasons that empires crumble

• Too big control

• - Lack of military school

• - Famine = scarcity of food

• Invasions and decrease of Military