WARM UP Where do we get our language?
Phoenician
Phoenicians Known as 1st real traders, shipbuilders, seafarers Were never a united empire, only several city- states along Mediterranean Sea Key trading centers
Phoenicians Key accomplishment Used symbols to represent sounds ALPHABET Used symbols to represent sounds Phonetic One sign for one sound
Phoenicians Traders needed way to write information quickly for transactions Others adapted their writing as they traveled Especially early Greeks
Ticket out the Door Why were the Phoenicians so important to trade and society?