Untitled Haiku Deck
Published on Mar 16, 2016
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
LEGAL SYSTEM
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LEGAL SYSTEM
- Believed in kings
- They had individual city states that had their own kings
- Kings had to cooperate with rich merchants
GOVERNMENT
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GOVERNMENT
- Kingship was a form of goverment
- Royal families had crown ship over others (Relatives took kingship)
- Their counsel was made of elders to help make decisions
ART
- Famous for their work in metal, glass, stone, and wood
- Died wool and fabrics purple
- Created a writing system of hundreds of symbols
- The art was created for the dead to worship
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE WORLD
CONTRIBUTIONS
- Were the first Mediterraneans to venture beyond the Strait of Gibraltar
- They invented the Bireme (ancient oared warship)
- Sailed around Africa which was not repeated for more than 2000 years
- Developed a writing system that used symbols to represent sounds
OTHER IMPORTANT INFO
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OTHER IMPORTANT INFO
- Main cities were Sidon, Tyre, and Byblos
- They had to use 60,000 murex snails for one pound of dye
- Known for their superb craftsmanship
- Their alphabet was known for being the ancestor of all alphabets
- Known for creating the alphabet
