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The Phoenicians were merchants who:
traveled where no one ever had including England
Had a speacial dye they made from shell fish
lived in a area with cedar trees (This is what the mostly made their boats out of)
Sold many things including cloth, glass, wood, and metal.
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What did phoenicans set up in villages marketplace?
marketplaces
Who was the member of the trading people who taught the Greeks the alphBET?
It was the Phoenicans
What type of alphabet did the phoenicans have?
They had an abjad consisting of 22 consonants, written right-to-left.
Why did the Phoenicans use an alphabet?
It was easier than learning thousands of symbols for whole words and ideas.
How did the Phoenicans discover Carthage?
They traded throughout the Mediterranean and established a trading colony there, which grew into an independent city-state.
How did Phoenicans link many parts of the ancient world?
They carried out carriage trade - moving good and slaves between different areas and profiting on the sales.
How did the phoenicans use imports?
Pheonican workers used imports for their own craft, there people used foodstuff for themselves, and manufactured products were exported as trade goods.
What was the capital of Phoenicia?
Phoenicia was a series of independent city-states, so did not have a capital as it was not a country.
What natural obstacle led Phoenicans to use the sea for trade?
The land trading routes were blocked because of mountains and neighbors so they had to use the sea as their trade roots now.
