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The Phoenicians use the sea for trade because the alternative - slow 1 ton carts was impossibly over distances greater than 60 km, and their trade distances were in 1,000s of km.
The Phoenicians use the sea for trade because the alternative - slow 1 ton carts was impossibly over distances greater than 60 km, and their trade distances were in 1,000s of km.
The Phoenicians use the sea for trade because the alternative - slow 1 ton carts was impossibly over distances greater than 60 km, and their trade distances were in 1,000s of km.
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What sea was dominated by Phoenician trade?
The Mediterranean Sea.
What was the connection between trade and the Phoenician alphabet?
The Phoenician trading ship spread their writing system around the Mediterranean Sea.
What is the Phoenician word for sea?
The Phoenician word for sea is "yam"
Where did the Phoenician trade?
All around the Mediterranean Sea in the west, and to Mesopotamia in the east.
How did Phoenician sailors become experts at nagvigation?
Through necessity, tuition and practice to carry out trade in the Mediterranean Sea and beyond.
How did the Phoenician alphabet spread throughout the ancient world?
The alphabet simplifies trade between people that spoke different languages. Phoenician sea trade,in return ,helped the alphabet to spread
What was important about the Phoenician trade routes?
They had Phoenician trading colonies established along them to promote local exchange of goods, and were located at appropriate locations around the Mediterranean Sea, and as far as Britain where tin was brought back from.
How did the Phoenician economy depend on trade?
The Phoenician city-states had limited agricultural land to support a growing population. They had to expand by conquest or trade. They chose trade.
What was the source of Phoenician wealth?
Trade.
How did geography affect the phoenician?
Located on the Mediterranean Sea, it led them to sea trade.
What effect did their sea trade have on the Phoenicians alphabet?
The Phoenician traders spread the alphabet through the Mediterranean Sea. It was taken up by the Greeks and adapted as their own alphabet, and they spread this to their own colonies.
What did the Phoenician alphabet and the trade have in common?
Each had its role in building up the Phoenician trading empire.
