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

2. 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

3. 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.

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

5. 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}

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

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

8. 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

9. Empires BC
Lebanon, Syria, Israel, Turkey (nowadays)
King Hiram
Lack of empire