Bailey Hess, Shelby Brown, Kassidy Sewell, Katelyn Simm Phoenicians Bailey Hess, Shelby Brown, Kassidy Sewell, Katelyn Simm

Origin: Where did they come from? There are many assumptions because the origin story has been lost in history, they are They came from the Red Sea They arose from a wider group of people called the canaanites Cities Byblos, Sidon, Tyre and town around them got conquered by the sea people created the Phoenicians The Phoenicians existed but did not become differentiated from their neighbours until after the appearence of the sea people

Origin: Where did they settle? The Phoenicians settled on the coast of North Africa. Most were settled from Carthage rather than direct from Phoenicia. The Bay of Tunis provided shelter from prevailing winds and faced Sicily. They also settled colonies in Anatolia, Cyprus, and The Levant.

Phoenician Culture Trade: -Greek Islands, Southern europe, Atlantic coast of Africa, Ancient Britain, Arabia, India They traded: -wood, slaves, glass, powdered tyrian purple

cont. Art: -Best known for small structure art Agriculture: -fruits, vegetables, wheat, wheat for bread {there was not much land for growing so fish was Eaten a lot}

cont. War: Rome vs Carthage had a desire to hold Messana: -first military clash, the first Punic war Between 264-261 BC {not much for war}

Religion -Canaanite influenced -Multiple gods -Each god was based on different powers and nature

Language -Canaanite language closely related to Hebrew -The first signs of the alphabet were located at Byblos -Strongly influenced by Egyptians -Language read from right to left -Very little about the language is known

Empires 1500-300 BC Lebanon, Syria, Israel, Turkey (nowadays) King Hiram Lack of empire