In terms of foreign affairs, the Phoenicians managed to remain very independent, despite their small size. They made alliances with larger regions such as Assyria and persia to maintain their freedom. The Chavin respected the boundaries between them and other settlements in their region, yet those other regions often looked to them for advice and often times imitated them. The way the Chavins tamed and managed their domesticated animals probably intrigued the other regions and also saw how…
27th dynasty (525–404 BC) and was completed during the Ptolemaic period. In 1972, A. Fakhry cleared the temple and some buildings in front of the temple were found. These buildings show extensive damage from fire and the destruction probably dates to the time of the Blemmyes in the 5th century AD [3]. In more recent years, a series of excavations inside and outside the walls of the temple were undertaken. The work outside has focused on two areas; the first has been around the south east corner of the fort (mostly Roman period remains). A variety of houses and related structures were unearthed with a few Greek ostraca, a Demotic ostrakon, and pottery. The second area outside the walls was the “quay” structure directly east of the gate. Some…
"Master Kong", 551–479 BC). Confucianism originated as an "ethical-sociopolitical teaching" during the Spring and Autumn Period, but later developed metaphysical and cosmological elements in the Han Dynasty.[1] Following the abandonment of Legalism in China after the Qin Dynasty, Confucianism became the official state ideology of China. The core of Confucianism is humanism,[2] the belief that human beings are teachable, improvable and perfectible through personal and communal endeavor especially including self-cultivation and self-creation.…
During the 1400s the Europeans were introduced to new good from Asia through the Muslims. Unfortunately for the Europeans, the Muslims were intelligent and priced these rare goods expensively. Some of the goods they would trade for were spices, dyes, fruits, painted porcelain, and rich tapestries. Europe wanted these items cheaper, but a route to Asia by land was too long and expensive. This prompted explorers to find sea routes, because they would be much cheaper and faster.…
Mahan, A. T. The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783. New York: Dover, 1987.…
These two empires also had an absolute contrast when it came to their goals and values. Within the Assyrian empire, there were massive armies that were well trained and ruthlessly disciplined. This not only reveals how much the Assyrian relied on conquering land but it also shows how much they valued their military. On the contrary, the Phoenicians were more of a social empire that political, much like the mesopotamians; the Phoenicians saw religion as very important along with laws, science and writing. This goes on to show that the Phoenicians valued the human ming and spirit. In addition, the Assyrian empire created a cruel propaganda machine to support and justify their system of expansion and inequality. Therefore showing how much the Assyrians truly valued their interest in expansion if they were willing to lie to their people to make it alright. In contrast, the Phoenicians saw no point in seeking to lie to their people to make it alright. In contrast the Phoenicians saw…
Encomiend- was a legal system that was employed mainly by the Spanish crown during the Spanish colonization of the Americas to regulate Native American labor and autonomy…
2. Mahan, A. T. The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783. New York: Dover, 1987.…
There journey was difficult because they had to travel over both land and water plus there where no roads during that time.…
In the 15th century, Europeans did not have a clear idea of where the land of riches they knew as “the East” was or how to get there. They could not follow the known land routes to the East, such as the one traveled by Marco Polo two centuries before. The Ottoman Turks and the Mongols had conquered the lands between Europe and China. These Asian peoples would not let Europeans pass through their territory. For this reason, Europeans set out to find an ocean passage to the East, at a time when very few seamen had ever sailed out of sight of land.…
In India the one of the oldest developments was the cultivation of cotton and cotton textiles for export. Cotton was domesticated in the Middle East. Throughout the 1st through the 5th century cotton textiles became a strong demand in Africa, India, and Mediterranean. The next piece in the process of southernization was a new item for bullion. Siberia had been India’s number one source of gold, in central Asia they would traffic the gold so India had to find new sources of gold. Eventually the gold market got to the east African coast, drawing merchants to obtain gold. Sailors would ride the monsoons, and follow the wind patterns to get from place to place. The Malay sailors would sail north to the southern coast of china. They also may have been sailing east toward India, probably being the first to come into contact with India. Malay sailors traveled to east African waters by Madagascar, they speak now the same language as the Malay sailors. Around 400 C.E Malay sailors could be found in most parts of the world, without using compasses and just looking at the land, stars, wind patterns, and color of the water. Their ships were square built and mounted so they could track against the wind. Malay sailors, and Indian traders were the reason for opening up sea routes to china, they had a desire for obtaining silk. During this period of time Indians discovered how to crystalize sugar. There was a…
It takes a lot more than a few men and a bundle of wood built into a boat to travel around the entire world. Many explorers of this time period risked their lives to discover the land walked by many people today. The discoveries and gadgets made by these people have contributed positively to the voyages across the ocean today. Not only have they made it easy, they have also made it different in so many ways!…
Name: samrawit Date: 5/2/15 School: Facilitator: 1.04 Notes Guide “Global Trade Rocks the World” Answer the 1.02 Notes Guide as you engage in the lesson. Submit your completed work to the 1.04 Notes Guide Dropbox I.…
The Phoenicians were the best traders of their time. Much of their fortune came from trade. The only civilization they traded with were the Greeks. The Greeks started to become more powerful because they were the only civilization trading with the Phoenicians. The Phoenicians usually traded wood, slaves, and glass with the Greeks. The Phoenicians and Greeks unknowingly split the Mediterranean Sea. The Phoenicians expanded in the western Mediterranean Sea while the Greeks went east towards the Black Sea and the Red Sea.…
Around the 12th century BC, the Greeks gave the coastal region of the eastern Mediterranean the name Phoenicia. This name was so widely accepted that even the Romans adopted it at a later date. Phoenicia was the land between the Orontes River and Mount Caramel. The land was characterized early as the homeland or origination of the surviving Syro-Canaanite civilization. This unique civilization survived the many threats from other cultures of the 12th century BC. The Syro-Canaan civilization produced many interesting objects. Such objects included institutions, handicrafts, and maritime trading. All of these flourished immensely in Phoenician in this period (CANE, 1321). Phoenicia was neither a nation nor a country. Instead, Phoenicia was simply a "conglomerate of city-states that was distinguished from adjacent areas by its habitual outreach into the Mediterranean world" (Freedman, 349). Phoenicia was also known for its preferred dealing and trading with the Greeks and Indo-Europeans. Although it dealt and traded mainly with the Greeks, Phoenicia maintained a unique culture with its own religious beliefs, language, preferred trading techniques, and political setup. With help from their unique ways, the Phoenicians eventually began to expand through the Mediterranean, Near East, and the Middle East (Freedman, 349).<br><br>Religion for Phoenicia, like many other Semitic cultures, played a very important role in the Phoenician culture. In the 12th century BC, the Phoenicians strongly believed in paganism and worshipped many gods. The gods' names, however, were not always consistent. Phoenicians had their own religious text, their own forms of prayer, and even had sacrifice within their culture. Gifts were also used as offerings and the Phoenicians also had a personal structure within their beliefs. All of these things helped form and keep the Phoenician religion quite unique and peculiar as well. Literary and epigraphic texts are part of the written sources of…