Transcript The Phoenicians and the Lydians

The Phoenicians and the
Lydians
Their contributions to history
The Phoenicians and Trade
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Not much farming land and few natural
resources.
Traded cedar wood for food and supplies
Skilled ship builders and Masters of
Navigation (used the North Star as a
guide)
Sailed across Mediterranean Sea to trade
Built colonies around Mediterranean Sea
Carthage – 814 BCE
Phoenicians and the Alphabet
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Borrowed from the Egyptians
Cut it to 22 letters
Each letter stood for single consonant
Made it easier to learn to write
No longer limited to scribes
Greeks then borrowed this alphabet,
which in turn became our alphabet
Alphabet Family Tree
Alphabet
Lydians and Coined Money
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Northwest of Phoenicia
(Current Day Turkey)
First people to use coined
money put out by the
government
All coins were same
weight, so they had the
same value
Allowed traders to set
prices
Set up a money economy
instead of bartering and
weighing silver