15 b history Flashcards
1
Q
what is a colony?
A
a small settlement of people, usually coming from the same place
2
Q
what phoenician colony grew into a big city?
A
carthage
3
Q
what phoenician queen helped start carthage?
A
dido
4
Q
why did dido want to start her colony of carthage near the water?
A
so ships would visit and trade with her people, and they could become wealthy and grow into a city
5
Q
how did dido trick the landowner into selling her the land she wanted?
A
she told him that she only wanted enough land to go under a bull hide. after he agreed to that, she cut the hide into lots of thin strips and laid it all around a big piece of land.
