I can read and Heroes and their weapons Flashcards
Where were the Phoenicians located?
In the ports of Tyre and Sidon
Who were the inventors of the writing system that used a sign for each sound?
Answer not listed: “The idea that each sign might represent one sound, and that just twenty-six of those signs were all you needed to write every conceivable word, was a wholly new invention, one that can only have been made by [the Phoenicians] who did a lot of writing.”
Which item was the most popular of all the goods sold by the Phoenicians throughout the world?
Dyed cloth: “Most popular of all their goods was their dyed cloth, especially the purple, which they sold throughout the world.”
What was the occupation of the Phoenicians who invented the writing system?
Merchants: “These inventors were merchants. Men who traveled far and wide across the seas, bartering and trading in every land.”
Where were the Phoenicians welcomed?
Europe: “Everywhere they went they were welcomed, in Africa, Spain, and in southern Italy, on account of the beautiful things they brought.”
The ancient Phoenicians were known for their ____________.
trading and craftsmanship: “The Phoenicians made … their conquests by other means. They sailed across the seas to unknown shores, where they landed and set up trading posts. The wild tribes living there brought them furs and precious stones in exchange for tools, cooking pots, and colored cloth. For Phoenician craftsmanship was known throughout the world…”
The Phoenician script was so simple and revolutionary because it used one sign to represent one ____________.
Answer not listed: “The idea that each sign might represent one sound, and that just twenty-six of those signs were all you needed to write every conceivable word, was a wholly new invention…”
What did Greek minstrels do with verses in the past?
They chanted them during feasts and played their lyres: “Verses like these were chanted by feasts by Greek minstrels as they played their lyres.”
What inspired Schliemann’s interest in ancient Greek history?
His longing to see all the beautiful places described in poetry: “He read Homer over and over again, and longed to see all the beautiful places described by the poet. If only he could hold in his hands, just once, the wonderful weapons with which these heroes fought.”
What did Schliemann discover when he excavated Mycenae and Troy?
Answer not listed: “At Mycenae he discovered palaces and the tombs of kings, armor and shields, just as the Homeric songs had described them. And he found Troy, too, and dug there. And it turned out that it really had been destroyed by fire … world that Homer describes—the drinking cups, the weapons, the buildings, and the ships, the princes who were at the same time shepherds, and the heroes who were also sea raiders—were not inventions.”
What did the warlike people of ancient Greece do more than the Phoenicians?
Fought more often with each other and raided other shores: “The people were mostly seafarers, like the Phoenicians, only they traded less and fought more. They were often at war with one another, but on occasion would gang together to plunder other shores.”
Why is it easier to date pottery from Greece or Europe than from other regions?
Greek and European pottery changed in style more frequently, allowing for a rough dating: “And this is why, nowadays, when we find even a fragment of pottery—in Greece, or anywhere else in Europe—we can say: ‘this dates from roughly this or that period.’ Because a hundred years later a pot like that would have gone out of fashion, and nobody would have wanted it.”
What is the story of the minotaur?
Answer not listed: “Speaking of labyrinths, have you ever heard the story of the evil minotaur, half-man, half-bull, who lived in a labyrinth and made the Greeks send him seven youths and seven maidens each year as human sacrifices?”
What can we learn from the paintings on the walls of the Cretan palaces?
The Cretans were skilled in capturing animals and people in motion and painted many hunting scenes: “What mattered most to them was to catch animals or people in rapid motion: hounds chasing wild boar, and people leaping over bulls—nothing was too hard for them to paint.”
When did new tribes come down from the north and take over the Greek cities?
Some two hundred years before the time of King Solomon’s reign: “But by 1200 BC this time of splendor was over. For it was around that time (some two hundred years before the reign of King Solomon) that new tribes came down from the north.”
