The Phoecians and Hebrews
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World History [1]
The Phoenicians and the Hebrews The Phoenicians Emerged during the collapse of the Egyptian empire Lived in Palestine Experts in trade ? this was the foundation of their prosperity Traded on ports from Mediterranean Established colonies up to Europe and down the Carthage (Africa) Created an alphabet that represented sounds of speech, not symbol like The Hebrews: The Children of Israel First civilization to practice monotheism ? belief in 1 god History written down in Hebrew bible (Torah) Descendants of Abraham ? from Mesopotamia and migrated to Palestine Migrated to Egypt during a drought where they were eventually enslaved by pharaohs Led out of bondage by Moses during the ?exodus? (13th century BCE) Settled in Palestine, organized themselves into 12 tribes