Phoenicians


 * When?** 1200-800 BCE is the height


 * Where?** Around the Mediterranean Sea

You should include a few maps: source: []


 * Discuss the SPE-CART**

Social:

Political: **Who are allies? Enemies?**

//Their civilization was organized in// //city-states////, similar to// //ancient Greece////. Each city-state was an independent unit politically, although they could come into conflict, be dominated by another city-state, or collaborate in leagues or alliances. Tyre and Sidon were the most powerful of the Phoenician states in the// //Levant////, but were not as powerful as Tyre's colony Carthage. (this info in italics is from the [|Wikiepdia entry on Phoenicia])//

Economic: Big on trade, especially [|purple dye from murex shells].

Cultural: Alphabet on which Greek Alphabet is based (Alpha and Beta)

Artistic:

Religion:

Technology: Big sailors on the Mediterranean Sea

(see the Wikipedia atricle's table of contents)


 * Look at the stages -- where would Phoenicia fit?**

Creation: what is the context? Formation: Organization: Growth: High point: 1200-800 BCE includes founding of Carthage, which will become a huge colony and will fight with Rome in the Punic Wars Phoenicians seem to have helped pull Greece out of its "Dark Ages" -- **connections to other civilizations**

Maturation: Decline: