Chapter 2, Section 4

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Chapter 2, Section 4

• Mediterranean Civilizations

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The Phoenicians

• People who settled along the western coast of the
  Mediterranean Sea
• Two cities
• Tyre
• Sidon
• When were the Phoenicians thriving?
• 1100 800 BC
• Where? In a narrow strip of land between the
  Mediterranean Sea and the western mountains

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Why did Phoenicians turn to the sea?

• Their geography had limited land and resources
  for farming
• What resources did they use?
• Murex Snail
• A shellfish from which they got their famous
  purple dye
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