Life Of Phoenicians

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Life Of Phoenicians

• By David Rayford Mallyn Grace

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Phoenicians Culture

• The Phoenicians was famous for their purple dye
• This dye made all the purple clothing they wore
• Practiced child sacrifice
• They shared cultures which allowed them to their
  invention of the alphabet to spread
• Phoenicians were known as seafaring traders.

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Phoenicians Government

• Kingship appears to have been the oldest form of
  Phoenician government
• Little was known about ancient civilization it is
  known that the government was at least a
  monarchy.

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Religion

• Phoenicians believed in many gods associated with
  nature.
• They thought the goods met people on hills and
  under trees so they worshiped there
• They then begin to built temples and they all
  had
• Entrance hall
• A main hall
• A holy of holies

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Phoenicians economics

• Slaves were important to all wealthy societies.
• People kidnapped boys and girls they needed for
  trade and for their own use.
• The Phoenicians had sliver,iron,tin, and lead.
• International trade in this period was limited in
  distances covered as well as in the quantity of
  products sold.
• Because of their location, the Phoenicians were
  forced to trade to civilizations on the coast of
  the Mediterranean sea.
• Their purple dye made from squid guts was their
  most traded material. (The dye on clothing)

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Technology

• The Phoenicians specialized in glass production.
• One of the most important contributions to
  humanity was its 22 character alphabet.
• The 22 character alphabet was used to represent
  the 22 different sounds.

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Social Structures

• The Kings and Queens were at the top
• The priests were in the middle
• The slaves and peasants were at the bottom.
• Hammurabi was a king