Phoenicians Overview

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Where did the Phoenicians live?

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Along the eastern Mediterranean coast (modern Lebanon, parts of Syria, Israel).

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What type of land did the Phoenicians have?

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Mountains and cedar forests, but little farmland.

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What were some goods traded by the Phoenicians?

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Purple dye, glass, cedar wood.

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Which civilizations did the Phoenicians connect with?

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Egypt, Greece, and Mesopotamia.

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Name three Phoenician city-states.

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Tyre, Sidon, Byblos.

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What type of religion did the Phoenicians practice?

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Polytheistic — many gods linked to nature and the sea.

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What was the basis of the Phoenician economy?

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Based on trade and shipbuilding, not farming or conquest.