1. What is the problem pictographic writing systems? 1. 2. 3.

2. Writing systems have evolved from whole pictures to basic sounds.
Alphabet Vocab 12
What are different ways people have represented language?
Pictogram – drawings that represent ideas or have meaning
Cuneiform – System of writing using wedge shapes
Phonemes – The basic unit of language or parts of a word. The smallest sound that can change meaning
Abjad – System of writing where symbols represent only consonant sounds.
Writing systems have evolved from whole pictures to basic sounds.

3. The Phoenicians 13
In What Present-Day Countries did the Phoenicians Live? What were the Phoenicians Known For? (and what was the major export?)

4. The Phoenicians 14
Where did the Phoenician Alphabet Come from? What sort of Government System did the Phoenicians Have?

5. 13
PHOENICIAN ALPHABET

6. The Phoenicians

7. PHOENICIAN TIMELINE 2000 BC 1500 BC 1000 BC 1000 BC 500 BC 0 BC/AD
When did regular trade begin with Egypt?
When did they gain Independence?
When did they begin Using the Phoenician Alphabet?
When were they taken over by the Assyrians?
When did they trade with the Greeks?
When did the Phoenician Alphabet Reach Greece?
When were they Taken over by the Persians?
When did the Phoenician Culture begin to change and be taken over by other cultures and languages (What Even Took place)? 14

8. PHOENICIAN TIMELINE 2000 BC 1800 BC 1050 BC 1000 BC
The Phoenicians Were Trading Regularly with the Egyptians
Begin Using the Phoenician Alphabet
1000 BC
800 BC
600 BC
0 BC/AD
The Phoenicians Begin Trade with the Greeks.
The Phoenicians are Conquered by The Persians 14

9. How Much of the Greek Alphabet Do I Know? Try 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.15
How Much of the Greek Alphabet Do I Know? Try

11. The Greeks 1000 BC: end of the Mycenaean Period (literacy was lost)16
1000 BC: end of the Mycenaean Period (literacy was lost)
800 BC: Beginning of Archaic Period (Creation of Greek alphabet)
776 BC: First Olympic Games in Olympia (to Honor Zeus, King of Gods)
BC: Homer’s writes poetry: The Iliad and The Odyssey.

12. The Greeks 508 BC: Athens creates first Democracy (rule by the people)17
508 BC: Athens creates first Democracy (rule by the people)
500 BC: Beginning of Classical Period (foundation of Western Civilization)
Politics
Architecture
Science
Literature
Philosophy

13. The Greeks 490BC: Greeks defeat the Persians 2 times (Xerxes I)18
490BC: Greeks defeat the Persians 2 times (Xerxes I)
472 BC: Greek theater becomes popular
432 BC: Parthenon is Completed
146 BC: Rome Conquers Greece

14. GREEK ALPHABET 17
Resource: My Website, Greek Section of Alphabet Page, Alphabet Examples.

15. Paste Assignments Sheet in Notebook
Number 1-6

16. Greek Life My Assignment: ____________ Summary: (3-4 sentences)19
My Assignment: ____________
Summary: (3-4 sentences)
How did this affect Modern Society (Western Civilization)? (2-3) sentences

17. Greek Life Presentation
Working in your Group
Decide who will write the script and draw the storyboard (One Piece of paper) (This must be completed first and shown to the teacher)
Decide who will login create the PowerPoint.
Decide who will login and Type the script (Word)
Assignment: Create a Three Slide PowerPoint and Presentation
Slides:
1: Title and Group Member Names
2: Summary of Information in Words and Pictures. (1-2 word phrases) No Complete Sentences
3: How Has Your Subject affected Modern Society in Words and Pictures.

18. The Etruscans 20
700BC – Earliest Etruscan Writings (26 letter alphabet) Very similar to Western Greek Alphabet.
BC – Etruscan Alphabet began to change (26 to 20 letters)
~500BC Intense trading with Greeks and Phoenicians
400 – 200BC – Classical Etruscan Alphabet used. (Romans begin to take over as Etruscan Cities)
After 200BC – Etruscan Alphabet replaced by Latin Alphabet and Language.

19. The Classical/LateEtruscan ALPHABET20
The Etruscans eventually dropped several letter from their alphabet because….
Resource: My Website, Etruscan Section of Alphabet Page, Alphabet Examples.

20. ROMAN TIMELINE 700 BC 650 BC 600 BC 500 BC
Romans Adopted alphabet from Etruscans. (21 letters of the Etusc. 26)
500 BC
400 BC
300 BC 21

21. ROMAN TIMELINE Con’t 300 BC 250 BC 240 BC 200 BC 100 BC
Letter Z is dropped & G is added to Alphabet
Roman lit. appears & is translations of Greek Lit.
100 BC
0 BC
100 AD
Rome takes over Greek speaking world. Y & Z are added to help write Greek words. 21