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Why are the Phoenicians important?
The Phoenicians are known for their trading skills and for the purple dye they made from a special snail that had dye in its shell. They are also known, of course, for spreading their alphabet far and wide; almost all modern phonetic alphabets are derived from this alphabet.
How did the Phoenicians get their name?
They were famed in Classical Greece and Rome as 'traders in purple', referring to their monopoly on the precious purple dye of the Murex snail, used, among other things, for royal clothing. Their name, Phoenicians, came from Greek Φοίνικες (Phoínikes), and the Greek phoînix "Tyrian purple, crimson; murex" (from phoinós meanings "blood red").
Who was the seller of purple in acts of the bible?
The traders name was Lydia.
What ideas did the Greeks adopt from the Phoenicians?
None. It was thought that the Greeks adopted the alphabet and the color named 'tyrian purple'. The reverse is actually the case as the Phoenicians did not have an alphabet they had a cuneiform script lacking any vowels. The Greek proper alphabet of linear A and linear B both predate phoenician cuneiform script. The archaeological findings in Crete at Komos has unearthed murex shells (used to make 'Tyrian purple', which show that the Minoans cultivated the sea-snail in factory farms for the production of the purple dye at least 300 years before it appeared in Tyre. The Phoenicians did however become strong traders using the ships and celestial navigation adopted from the Greeks.
How did the Phoenicians trading effect the world?
The Phoenicians lived in a two hundred mile long strip bordering the Mediterranean Sea, so they were sea traders. They made purple cloth that was very expensive and prized among royalty that was made from a dye produced by a sea snail called a murex. They also had many cedar trees growing there, so they used them to build boats and furniture. They were excellent sea traders who produced the first alphabet that consisted of 22 consonants and they gave it away, the Greeks took this alphabet and turned it into their own alphabet.
What was the resource for which Phoenicia was well known was?
Inventing an alphabet to replace syllabic writing. This alphabet is the basis for the Greek and Roman alphabets, and ultimately the alphabet we commonly use today.
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purple is my favorite number in alphabet
Who was famous as the author of color purple?
The Color Purple was written by Alice Walker
What are the two cultural contributions of the Phoenicians?
Two important developments of the Phonecians were the alphabet and trading. I hope this helps!
For what two things are the Phoenicians known?
The Phoenicians were called the "Purple People" because they invented a purple dye (Tyrian Purple) made from the Murexsea-snail's shell. Purple was the most expensive dye at that time and almost all of it was made by the "Purple People". They were called the "Purple People" because the dye colored the skin of those who worked with the color!The Phoenicians also invented an alphabet that is the foundation for almost every western language still used today.The Phoenicians are also credited with being the first to develop free-blowing as a method of crafting glass.
The Phoenician culture was best known for its?
development of an alphabet based on sound and develop purple dye from snail.
What was the most important contribution of the Phoenicians to your civilization?
The Phoenician Contribution was the 22-letter alphabet.---------------------------------------------------------------The alphabet. The ancient Greeks had lost the use of their old alphabet, known as linear-B, during the Greek Dark Ages. When Greece began to emerge from the Dark Ages, it adopted and modified the Phoenician alphabet. The Romans, in turn, adopted and modified the Greek alphabet, to become the alphabet we use in the West.Trade and commerce. The Phoenicians were great maritime traders. They established colonies all around the Mediterranean, including Carthage and even Spain. Rome was forced to become more outward-looking as a result of Phoenician expansion.Religion. Some, but not all, of the ancient gods and theology of Greece were adopted from Phoenician influence.
