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What did the Phoenicians set up in villages on their trade routes?

On their trade routes, the Phoenicians set up trading settlements in villages. This occurred throughout the Mediterranean region which opened up trade and commerce in this area. The city of Carthage was established as a trading settlement and became a major trading port.


What might you learn about where you live by studying and comparing diffrent kinds of maps?

You might learn the geographical set up of the area.


Where did Samuel de Champlain want to go Why?

He wanted to go to Canada for France, to set up a permanent colony. He ended up claiming Quebec, which was used as a shortcut to the fur trade.


Why is Egypt in two continents?

Because that's the way it's territory is set up? There is no "good" reason why it is, that's just how the borders were set up.


Why is north always up on maps?

Polaris, the "North Star", is above the North Pole and was used by navigating sailors as the reference point for keeping direction. The earliest mapmakers that made their maps global were Europeans who apparently intended to make Europe the center-top of the map, placing the "less developed" continents below them. Thus, mapmakers eventually came to the consensus of placing north at the top, beginning in the era of Ptolemy. This, however, was not always so. The South Pole could just as well have been the top. Some sources say that Egyptians saw south as "up" (before the existence of magnetic compasses, of course). This makes sense because every winter noon-time, the sun was high up in the southern sky. Not only that, but Lower Egypt and the Nile Delta are "down north"; Upper Egypt and Nubia's heights are "up south", from which Egypt's source of life (the Nile River) flows. Egyptians had every reason to believe south to be "nearest the heavens." East Asian and Ancient Near East maps originally placed east at the top, because the sun rises in the east. We're not told whether the Hebrews used east-up maps like did their neighbors, or west-up due to Jerusalem's Temple and the Promised Land. The human figure was the floor plan to the Temple, with its "feet" east and its "head" (the Holiest Place) west. Plus, the whereabouts of the Israelites upon entering the Promised Land was like that of the sun in the sky: progressively westward. So west may very well have been "up" according to Israel. The USA has map-tops seldom ever a direction other than north. But various other nations across the globe (e.g. Japan) generally align maps on signs according to which direction is forward (while looking at the sign). It is actually more convenient that way than making every map north-up.

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Why did the Egyptians set up the tomb?

Egyptians built tombs to bury their dead kings in.


How do you set up a trade in pokefarm?

Go to the ''trade'' section in your ''farm'' then choose set up a trade and follow the instructions


How do you think travel and trade up and down the Nile may have helped unite the Egyptians?

they build dams


Why was fair trade set up?

because its awesome


Why did egypatians trade?

Egyptians traded because they did not have enough supplies that could last them by only using the things they farmed/made. If egyptians didn't trade, they would not get the nutrients, clothing, resources and many other things that they had. Egyptians would trade things they made such as jewelry, make up, clothes, food and other things that they bought for things such as wood and metals they could use for their inventions.


Who set up the petition for slave trade?

abe lincoln


How did Greece us all of its harbor?

The set up for trade.


Where did Champlain set up a fur-trade post?

Quebec


Who set up trade post colonies?

the French (i think)


The Phoenicians set up what in villages on their trade route?

The Phoenicians set up trading posts in villages on their trade route. They mostly did this on the islands in the western Mediterranean and along the coast of Iberia.


Why was the slave trade set up?

The slave trade was set up to meet the demand for cheap labor in European colonies, especially in the Americas. European colonizers saw African slaves as a source of labor that could be exploited for economic gain in industries such as agriculture, mining, and manufacturing. This system perpetuated racism and dehumanization to justify the brutal treatment of enslaved Africans for centuries.


Where did Mayan traders trade in their city?

They used set up markets and tents to trade cotton and stuff