What tactics did the Hittites use in their invasions?

The Phoenicians popped up along the Mediterranean

(Lebanon) around 1100 BC.

Who were the Phoenicians? What did they do?

What did they create? How did it spread?

Think about this: Some cultures co-existed along the

Mediterranean & made lasting contributions.. How did

these changes develop? What impact have they had?

The Phoenician alphabet! Write your name below!

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How did the Lydians contribute to the world?

Questions:

1. What lasting contributions did the Phoenicians make?

2. How did trade and cultural diffusion play a role in the

development of the alphabet?

3 Check out the map. What did the Assyrian do in 300

years? How do you think they did it? What

technological innovations might make it possible?

4. Explain why the Lydian’s development of coins is

important in the word of trade?