1. In this lesson, students will identify characteristics of Phoenician
civilization.
Students will be able to define and/or identify the following
terms:
Phoenicians
Alphabet
Cultural Diffusion
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2. Phoenicia was located in Southwest Asia.
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3. The Phoenicians were a Semitic-speaking people.
They settled in small city-states in present-day
Lebanon.
There were few natural resources in their land. So,
they turned to the seas.
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The Phoenicians were seafaring traders.
They sailed the Mediterranean sea.
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5. By 900 B.C., the Phoenicians dominated
Mediterranean trade.
The Phoenicians were able to build a civilization
without relying on agriculture.
Income generated by trade allowed the Phoenicians
to build permanent settlements.
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6. These are Phoenician coins.
Phoenician money was minted
by individual cities.
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7. The Phoenicians invented the world’s first alphabet.
Each of the twenty-two Phoenician alphabet symbols
represented a different sound.
The Greeks adopted the Phoenician alphabet. From
the Phoenician and Greek alphabets come our
alphabet.
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8. An alphabet based on symbols
representing sounds is easier to learn
than the use of characters.
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10. The Phoenicians established trading colonies
throughout the Mediterranean region.
A colony is a region controlled by a distant country.
Carthage was a famous Phoenician trading colony in
North Africa.
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11. Carthage was a Phoenician colony located
in North Africa.
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12. The Phoenicians made their own purple dye.
The Phoenicians had a monopoly on the market for
purple.
The Phoenicians crushed shellfish to make their
purple dye.
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13. The Phoenicians established many colonies.
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14. Travel and trade encouraged cultural
diffusion.
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15. Who were the Phoenicians?
Why did the Phoenicians turn to the seas?
What was Carthage?
Name the most significant Phoenician contribution to
world history.
Why was Phoenicia known for its purple?
How did Phoenicia’s location benefit it?
Why do we remember Phoenicia?
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16. Why did Abraham migrate to Palestine?
How do polytheists differ from monotheists?
Provide an example of how Judaism is a moral and
ethical religion.
Summary of what you have learned today:
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17. In this lesson, students will be able to identify characteristics
of Judaism.
Students will be able to define and/or identify the following
terms:
Hebrews
Monotheism
Judaism
Ten Commandments
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19. The Hebrews were originally nomadic pastoralists.
The Hebrews migrated to Palestine (present-day
Israel).
The Hebrews believe that they are descendants of
Abraham.
Abraham became a monotheist.
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20. Monotheism is the belief in one God.
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21. The Hebrews believe that they are descendants of
Abraham.
The Hebrews believed that Abraham originally
lived in Mesopotamia.
The people of Mesopotamia believed in many
gods (polytheism). However, Abraham believed
in one God (monotheism).
Abraham believed that God told him to leave
Mesopotamia and migrate to Palestine.
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22. The religion of the descendants of Abraham is called
Judaism.
Judaism is the first, lasting monotheistic religion.
From Judaism come two other significant religions in
world history: Christianity and Islam.
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23. The Hebrews lived in Palestine for many
years. However, after a terrible famine,
The Hebrews migrated to Egypt. In Egypt,
Moses was born.
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24. The Hebrews migrated to Egypt during a time
of famine in Palestine.
Initially, the Hebrews were treated well in
Egypt. However, the Hebrews were eventually
enslaved by the Egyptians.
Under the leadership of Moses, the Hebrews
fled Egypt (the Exodus).
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25. On the journey to Palestine, Moses
received the Ten Commandments.
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26. Judaism is the world’s first moral and ethical religion.
It teaches followers to obey moral and ethical rules.
The Ten Commandments provide an example of the
moral and ethical nature of the Jewish religion.
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27. The first five books of the Hebrew Bible
are called the Torah. The Torah is very
important to Jews.
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28. The Hebrews or Jews believe that they have a
covenant with God.
A covenant is an agreement.
The Hebrews believe that if they obey God’s
commandments, God will bless them. However, if
they fail to obey God’s commandments, God will
punish them.
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29. A synagogue is a Jewish house of worship.
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