1. Week 8

2. At the same time that Israel had its
kings-Saul, David, Solomon, the
Phoenecian people were climbing to the
height of their civilization.

3. The Phoenicians were the Canaanites and lived on
the coast of the Mediterranean near Israel.

4. They had a lot of
experience with the sea and
were traders of the ancient
age.

5. They went as far west as
Spain and North Africa.

6. One of the Phoenicians most
famous goods was a beautiful,
purple-red dye. It came from a
gland of a sea snail called a
murex snail.

7. Expensive cloth was
made from this dye and
it was cherished by the
Greeks and Romans.

8. It was smelly to make: the snails
were collected in huge nets, and left
to rot. Workers would skim a liquid
off the top to make the dye.

9. The city of Tyre became
rich form this trade but
was also known for its
stinky odors.

10. Phoenicians may have
gotten their name from
this reddish dye
because “Phoinos”
means “red”
in Greek.

11. They also made
transparent glass.

12. They also made a 30
letter alphabet. It is the
basis of our language
today.

13. Up until this time, cultures used
symbols to represent whole word or
parts of words.
They would have
to learn hundred
of symbols to
communicate in
writing.

14. The Phoenicians along
with the Hebrews
began to make symbols
to represent just one
sound.

15. Their alphabet had just 22 letters, but by
combining the letters, you could make
thousands of words.
“Byblos” is a Phoenician word for book.
We know it as The Book!

16. Two Phoenicians are listed
in the Bible: King Hiram of
Tyre sold cedar
wood to
Solomon for
the Temple.

17. The other was the evil
Jezebel . King Ahab of
Israel married this
princess of
Tyre.

18. Ezekiel 26:12,14
, 17-prophesied
of Phoenicia’s
doom.

19. At this time, Israel divided. Solomon died and his son
fought over the kingdom. 10 tribes rebelled against
Rehoboam. They are referred to as the North
Kingdom. Jeroboam was their king. The other 2 tribes
(Benjamin and Judah) were known as the southern
kingdom. The name “jews” come from this time.

20. I Kings 14:22
And Judah did what was
evil in the sight of the
LORD, and they provoked
him to jealousy with their
sins that they committed,
more than all that their
fathers had done.

21. In India, religion and
culture was thriving. They
believed in 100 of gods.
Their religion is called
Hinduism.

22. Queen Esther & Daniel
came from this far east
area.

23. (pic)
In Ancient times, Native Americans also
lived somewhere near Hopewell, Ohio.
There are mounds from 800 BC.