Phoenicia Flashcards

381496520	Phoenicia	An ancient seafaring civilization located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea; modern-day Lebanon	0
381496521	Byblos	An ancient Mediterranean seaport that was a thriving city state in Phoenicia during the second millenium BC	1
381496522	Berytus	Ancient city of the Phoenicians and in the location of the current capital city of Lebanon	2
381496523	Sidon	An ancient Phoenician port, north of Tyre on the east coast of the Mediterranean Sea	3
381496524	Tyre	A port-city in ancient Phoenicia/modern-day Lebanon, on the Mediterranean Sea	4
381499177	Phoenician Alphabet	An series of twenty-two letters that was developed by the Phoenicians that became the model for later western alphabets; eliminated the need of scribes	5
381499178	Carthage	City located in present-day Tunisia, founded by Phoenicians in 814 BCE; became a major commercial center and naval power in the western Mediterranean	6