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6.2.2 Identify major trade routes (i.e. Mediterranean Sea
6.2.1 Recognize an example of a barter economy
OBJECTIVE
The learner will be able to identify how Phoenicians used a barter economy and how the Mediterranean Sea helped their economy as measured by teacher observation, completion of concept map and TOD.
THE PHOENICIANS
GEOGRAPHY
Phoenicia was located between the eastern Mediterranean coast and the Lebanon Mountains
GOVERNMENT
Not a unified nation
Consisted of independent city-states
PHOENICIANS WERE SAILORS
Sailing No maps or modern
technology Sailed beyond Gibraltar
(Pillars of Hercules) Evidence that they may
have circumnavigated Africa
Phoenician Ship
PHOENICIAN COLONIES
Sailed and colonized throughout the Mediterranean beginning circa 1000 B.C.E.
Gades (Cadiz, Spain)
Carthage (Tunis, Tunisia) most important Phoenician colony. Located in northern Africa
TRADE
Leading sailors and traders of ancient world
Imports:
Gold, silver
Tin, copper, iron
Ivory
Precious stones
Exports:
Pine and cedar logs (there were many cedar forests in the area)
Wine, olive oil
Salt, fish
ALPHABETTHEIR GREATEST
ACHIEVEMENT
Carried their civilization and culture where they traded
Adopted and adapted Egyptian hieroglyphics into an alphabet off 22 symbols (letters) representing sounds
Mr. Hall’s Mail Call
Name ONE of the colonies started by the Phoenicians.
Name the most important achievement of the Phoenician civilization.
CAUSE AND EFFECT
1. They became expert traders.
2. Trade routes to the east were blocked by mountains and hostile neighbors.
3. They used the Mediterranean Sea and became expert sailors
4. They had an abundance of cedar, purple dye, silverwork, ivory carvings and slaves