PHOENICIANS

ADVANCED CITIES

• Tyre/Assyria
• Sidon
• Beritus
• Byblos
• Tripoli

SOCIAL STRUCTURE

• Phoenicians has three classes that they were in.
• Social class - Top class, priests, government officials
• Middle class - Merchants, craftspeople, farmers
• Working class - Slaves, servants

RELIGION

• Phoenicians had many gods and goddesses.
• All the cities worshiped at least one god and/or goddess.

GOVERNMENT

• Kings
• Independent city states, colonies
• Economy and population pressure forced them to go to the seas.
• Each city had a government, god, and ruler for life

SYSTEM OF WRITING

• Called Arabic.
• Basis for many languages.

TECHNOLOGY/CONTRIBUTION

• Ships
• Keeled hull
• Phoenician alphebet
• Maritime tradition

Historical Artifacts

• This is an ivory plaque made by Phoenicians.
• Might have been a piece of luxury furniture.

Bibliography

• "Phoenician Religion -- Pagan." Phoenician Religion -- Pagan. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Sept. 2014. .
• Khalaf, Salim G. "Phoenicia, Phoenician Cities." Phoenicia, Phoenician Cities. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Sept. 2014. .
• Department of Ancient Near Eastern Art. "The Phoenicians (1500–300 B.C.)". In Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/phoe/hd_phoe.htm (October 2004)
• "Phoenicians." British Museum -. Ed. British Museum. The British Museum, n.d. Web. 17 Sept. 2014. .
• Collin, D., J. E. Curtis, and J. E. Reade. "Ivory Plaque Depicting a Winged Sphinx." British Museum -. The British Museum, n.d. Web. 17 Sept. 2014. .

BIBLIOGRAPHY 2

• "THE PHOENICIANS." THE PHOENICIANS. Ed. History World. History World, n.d. Web. 18 Sept. 2014. .
• Guisepi, R. A. "The Phoenicians." The Phoenicians. History World International, n.d. Web. 18 Sept. 2014. .