1. The Phoenicians “The Sea People”
Story of the world
Chapter 15
Mindy drummond
Midland classical academy

2. The Phoenicians = The Sea People
The land of Canaan
where they lived was dry,
sandy and rocky. So, it was
unsuitable for growing
crops or raising animals.
Instead, they began sailing and trading good with other people.

3. What body of water did the Phoenicians and the other sea people
use for their trade?
Mediterranean Sea
Sea peoples were those who lived and sailed around the MEDITERRANEAN SEA.
Other Mediterranean people traveled by boat. TRUE

4. This area is also known as the land of Canaan!
The Phoenicians were the group of people living in CANAAN.

5. What were two important Phoenician cities??
Two important Phoenician cities were TYRE AND CARTHAGE.
What were two important Phoenician cities??
Tyre was located in Canaan; Carthage was founded in northern Africa.

6. What did the Phoenicians trade?
Glass
How did they make the glass?
Who invented this process of glass blowing as seen here?
What did the Phoenicians use to make glass? Sand and lye
The Phoenicians were the first people to invent glass blowing. TRUE

7. First, the Phoenicians started with SAND and LYE.

8. Lye was a special chemical made by pouring water over ashes and collecting the liquid that came out.

9. Next, they mixed the lye with pure sand over a very hot fire
Next, they mixed the lye with pure sand over a very hot fire. The two substances would create a liquid .

10. Then, the liquid could be poured into molds or could be used to make blown glass.

11. What is glass blowing?

12. What else did Phoenicians trade?
They used a special dye made from snails.
This purple dye was called the “color of the kings” because the dye was so expensive.
One purple cloak could cost an entire year’s salary!!
What was the color of the of the Phoenician’s dye? Purple
The Phoenicians used SNAILS to make their dye.
It was called the “color of the kings” because it was so expensive.

13. 12,000 snails yielded only .05 ounces of dye.

14. The Phoenicians established little settlements of people along their trade routes called COLONIES.
The Phoenicians started COLONIES, little settlements of people, in many of the places where the ships landed.

16. Who was a famous person from one of the sea people groups?
Goliath!!
He was a philistine, one of the a tribes of sea people!
Goliath was in a tribe of sea people called the PHILISTINES.

17. The Phoenicians did trade across the seas,
From 1200 to 700 B.C.