S.S. 10-21-14 Flashcards
______ was located on the Mediterranean Sea
Phoenicia
Major city in a region called Phoenicia
Tyre
There were _________ that produced purple dye
Snails
Cedar trees were _____ to neighbors
Sold
______ became great sea power
Phoenicia
Phoenician cities that contained rich goods from trade
Tyre and Sidon ( main Phoenician cities)
Much trade led to simplified ____
Writing
Found a way to write using only ____ symbols
22
Set of symbols that represented sounds of the language
Phoenician Alphabet
South of Phoenicia
Israel
Hebrews, later called _______.
Israelites
Belief in one God
Monotheism
According to the bible: Abraham led people to _______ from _______
Canaan
Mesopotamia
A time when there is little food
Famine(1800 B.C)
Israelites were later _____ by Egyptian king
Enslaved
According to the bible: Moses led enslaved people out of ______
Egypt
Wandered through the dessert of Sinai ______
Peninsula
Were given the _____ ________
Ten Commandments
Code of laws
Ten Commandments
Returned to Canaan and built own ____
Cities
Faced many fierce ____- however conquered all of ______
Wars
Canaan
Led by two kings- 1st king was ______ and second king was ______
Saul
David
King ______ United ______ tribes into a single nation; established capital at _______
David
Israelite
Jerusalem
Inherited kingdom; King _____ son; ______ grew prosperous through trade; developed sea _____
David’s
Israel
Trade
______ split into two kingdoms after ______ death
Israel
Solomon’s
Northern kingdom called ______- seized by Assyria in 722 B.C.
Israel
Southern kingdom called _____
Judah
To force people to live in another country
Exile
_____ fell 135 years later to ______ and people were exiled
Judah
Chaldeans
How did the Phoenicians help spread civilization throughout the Mediterranean area?
The snails that washed up on the shores of the city Tyre were not ordinary snails. They produced a rich purple dye that was sold for a lot of money. The profits soon made Tyre a wealthy and active city.
What were the major events in the history of the Israelites?
For hundreds of years they lived as Shepards and merchants. But when the famine came they had to move south to Egypt. In Egypt the Israelites lived well and reached high positions in the government. Later the Egyptian King grew jealous and enslaved them because he was jealous of their wealth and suspicious of their power