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Aryans and Phoenicians
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Aryans and Phoenicians
Aryans
Aryan ways of life
Around 1500 B.C. a group of Indo-European nomadic people began to move out of their original homeland in Central Asia. It was the Aryans. They advanced eastward from the Indus Valley, then they moved southward into the Deccan Plateau. Eventually they extended their control throughout most of India.
After settling in India, the Aryans gave up the pastoral life for farming. The introduction of iron played a role in this change. The creation of the iron plow made it possible for them to cut into the dense jungle growth along the Ganges River, and turn it into rich farmland.
Phoenicians
Phoenician trade
Lived on the Fertile Crescent, off the Mediterranean. They were the greatest traders of their time. They traded wool, slaves, glass, and powdered Tyrian purple. They also had 3 cheif cities Byblos, Tyre, and Sidon.
The Phoenicians improved their ships, became international sea traders, and thus created a trade empire. They charted new routes, and set up a number of colonies in the Western Mediterranean. Carthage was their most known colony.
By: Gabby, Tyler, Caleb, Rohan
Byblos
Phoenician Alphabet
The Mediterranean city in the Mount Lebanon of present day Lebanon. It is believed to have been first occupied between 8800 and 7000 BC. Also it is believed by many that its the oldest continuously-inhabited city in the world.
The Phoenician culture is best known for it's alphabet. They simplified their writing by using 22 different signs, to represent the sound of their speech. The Phoenicians were not the only people to invent an alphabet, but theirs was important because it was passed to the Greeks.
Sidon
Tyre
The third largest city in Lebanon. Was inhabited since very early prehistory. This was one of important Phoenician cities, and most likely the oldest. From here, and other ports, a great Mediterranean commercial empire was founded.
City in South Governorate of Lebanon. It juts out from the coast of the Mediterranean. It is the fourth largest city in Lebanon, and has one of the nations biggest ports. Tourism is a major part of Tyre, because it has a number of ancient sites.