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Who were the Phoenicians and what three things did they give the Mediterranean world?
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∙ 11y ago
They were nomads who settled in the Levant and established a trading empire.
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∙ 11y agothey gave us the alphabet
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What effect did the Phoenicians' trading have on the world?
The trading and seafaring skills of the Phoenicians result in a network of colonies, spreading westwards through the Mediterranean. The first is probably Citium, in Cyprus, established in the 9th century BC
What was Rome's chief gift to the Mediterranean world?
Rome's chief gift to the Mediterranean world was order and unity.Rome's chief gift to the Mediterranean world was order and unity.Rome's chief gift to the Mediterranean world was order and unity.Rome's chief gift to the Mediterranean world was order and unity.Rome's chief gift to the Mediterranean world was order and unity.Rome's chief gift to the Mediterranean world was order and unity.Rome's chief gift to the Mediterranean world was order and unity.Rome's chief gift to the Mediterranean world was order and unity.Rome's chief gift to the Mediterranean world was order and unity.
Where did the Phoenicians established city-states and colonies?
Overseas colonies were established by the Phoenicians in order to expand their basic economic specialty, which was gaining wealth and power by trading with other nations. One of its colonies became a world power in the name of Carthage.
In the 1400 what mariners were the world's best?
Possibly the Phoenicians.
How did the Phoenicians spread their alphabet?
The ancient mercantile civilization of Phoenicia helped to spread civilization in ancient times primarily through its daring, far-ranging seafaring voyages. Motivated by trading interests above all, yet perhaps also spurred on by the desire to explore for its own sake, Phoenician traders were for many generations the "go-betweens" of older civilizations in the east and newer, rougher societies elsewhere in the Mediterranean and beyond. They carried trade goods, yet at the same time they carried technologies, ideas, and values from one point to another.
The Phoenicians did not established trading colonies where?
In most of the world - just around the Mediterranean.
Where The Phoenicians noted for being sailors and traders in the ancient Mediterranean world?
yes
How did the Phoenicians affect the Mediterranean world and later civilizations?
It made it easy to write what you were thinking
What effect did the Phoenicians trading have on the rest of the world?
It enriched trade in the Western Mediterranean. The rest of the world continued on as usual.
How do you think the ancient world would have been different if the Phoenicians had not been such good sailors and traders. What if they had not started colonies around the Mediterranean.?
How do you think the ancient world would have been different if the Phoenicians had not been such good sailors and traders? What if they had not started colonies around the Mediterranean? How do you think other civilizations have developed differently without their influence?
What effect did the Phoenicians' trading have on the world?
The trading and seafaring skills of the Phoenicians result in a network of colonies, spreading westwards through the Mediterranean. The first is probably Citium, in Cyprus, established in the 9th century BC
What could be done by Phoenicians to maximize their influence on the world?
They traded throughout the Mediterranean area, and established an alphabet which came to form the basis of the Greek and Roman alphabets, and so our alphabets of today.
How did the Phoenician culture spread around ancient world?
They invented a system of alphabetic writing. They were also traders who operated around the Mediterranean sea and so spread the writing and the ideas it contained. However the Mediterranean Sea is hardly the world, and so most of 'the world' had never heard of or from the Phoenicians.
What did The Phoenician alphabet made it easier for people in the ancient world to do?
We are often told that the Phoenicians invented the alphabet. Regardless of who put pen to papyrus to create it, the Phoenician contribution was none-the-less major and critical. They were the major sea-traders of the Mediterranean, and they went everywhere. When the Phoenicians began using the alphabet as a simple and easy way to keep track of their trades, it was exposed to everyone.
What was Rome's chief gift to the Mediterranean world?
Rome's chief gift to the Mediterranean world was order and unity.Rome's chief gift to the Mediterranean world was order and unity.Rome's chief gift to the Mediterranean world was order and unity.Rome's chief gift to the Mediterranean world was order and unity.Rome's chief gift to the Mediterranean world was order and unity.Rome's chief gift to the Mediterranean world was order and unity.Rome's chief gift to the Mediterranean world was order and unity.Rome's chief gift to the Mediterranean world was order and unity.Rome's chief gift to the Mediterranean world was order and unity.
What was the world's first trading empire?
The Phoenicians
What sailors and traders of the ancient world?
Phoenicians
