(026) Seafaring Traders: Minoans and Phoenicians Flashcards
Time period of the Minoans
2000 to 1400 BC
MINOAN
location
crete
MINOAN
major contributions
- TRADE
- Pottery
- Art and culture
- Sea power
- Bull jumping
- Red pillars
- Gold bars
- colors
- architechture
- paintings
MINOAN
when were they strongest
during 1700 BC in crete
MINOAN
fall
- natural disasters
- a volcano covering the area in ash and sending huge waves to their kingdom - Greek invaders that noticed their weakened state
MINOAN
most contact/trade with:
greece and egypt
PHOENICIAN
time period
1550 BC to 300 BC
PHOENICIANS
period of greatest influence
1100 BC
PHOENICIANS
location
Lebanon, The First cities in Phoenicia (Byblos, Tyre, and Sidon), Carthage
PHOENICIANS
Achievements
Trade, shipbuilders, seafarers, craftspeople, developed a writing system, created the color purple from snails, produce timber and wood
(first people of the Mediterranean region to venture beyond the Straight of Gibraltar, sailed on the Red Sea around Africa and coming back through the Straight)
PHOENICIANS
mostly engaged with
Inhabitants of the southern coast of Britain
PHOENICIANS
lands traveled/explored the most
Africa
legacy of phoenicians
Developed the alphabet, which then spread
PHOENICIANS
Fall
They fell due to the fact that they were not prepared for Alexander the Great being traders and not conquers
