Minoans2000-1400 B.C.

Trade

•Lived in Crete and dominated trade along the Mediterranean

•Famous shipbuilders (like Phoenicians)•Traded pottery, swords, and metal figures

▫If they had no money, how did they trade?•Trading goods around the Mediterranean

led to cultural diffusion, what is cultural diffusion?

Sports

•Boxing

•Bull Leaping

Phoenicians1100 B.C. Is this date before or after the time the Minoans lived?

The Phoenicians picked up where the Minoans left off. What do you think was their main source of economy?

Their wealth came from trade

Famous Traders

•Traded along the Mediterranean▫Created colonies to make trade easier

each was its own city-state or had its own government

▫Main colony at Carthage in N. Africa

Alphabet

•Phonetic meaning 1 sound: 1 symbol•22 symbols total•Trade allowed for other cultures to adopt

this written form•http://z.about.com/d/atheism/1/0/y/y/2/Alp

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JudaismA search for the promise land

Timeline

Abraham:Father of Jewish

people

Deborah:A prominent

judge

Moses:Led Hebrews out of slavery

Saul, David, Solomon:Kings under whom

Hebrews united

2000 B.C. 1200 B.C.1300 B.C. 1020-922 B.C.