1. WARM UP
Where do we get our language?

2. Phoenician

3. Phoenicians Known as 1st real traders, shipbuilders, seafarers
Were never a united empire, only several city- states along Mediterranean Sea
Key trading centers

5. Phoenicians Key accomplishment Used symbols to represent sounds
ALPHABET
Used symbols to represent sounds
Phonetic
One sign for one sound

6. Phoenicians
Traders needed way to write information quickly for transactions
Others adapted their writing as they traveled
Especially early Greeks

7. Ticket out the Door
Why were the Phoenicians so important to trade and society?