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Phoenicians
1200 B.C.
Where? Levant
(Lebanon : Syria)
Maritime
Boats - advanced
Navigation
Using starts
Colonies along Med
Main colony at Carthage
(Modern Tunisia)
Rich because of trade in Mediterranean
Timber -> shellfish to make purple die
+22 Letter Phoenician alphabet
Copied by Greeks, copied by romans --> English today!
Hebrew / Israelites
Distinct Civilization
Arose 1200 B.C.
Religion distinguishes
Monotheistic - One God
970 -930 B.C.
Kingdom of Judea
Was established under King Solomon
722 B.C. - Conquered by Assyrians - Exiled
Many to babylon
Later… Persians let them return to Judea only get conquered more…
Assyrians
First true empire
They ruled through fear, killed raped. Come from Northern Mesopotamia
700 B.C. - Conquer From persia to egypt, first to use calvary