Your task is to follow along with the websites and read through the information. The websites will help you to understand the Phoenicians better.
The Phoenicians
Click on the link to go to a website to learn more about the Phoenicians. http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/westasia/history/phoenicians.htm
While on the website answer the following questions:
1. Tell why two of the three kingdoms (Egyptians and Hittites) were becoming weaker.
2. Why were the Phoenicians taken over by the Persians? (Hint click on the Persian link)
3. Why do you think we don’t hear about the Persians until 600 B.C. ?
Carthage
Click on the link to Carthage while on the Phoenican page or click on the link below.
http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/africa/history/carthage.htm
While reading about Carthage answer the following questions.
4. How do you think the first people in Carthage felt about being taken over?
5. Why did a navy that controlled Sicily and Carthage control shipping in the Mediterranean? (Hint go back to the 6th grade webquest tab and look at the map)
Phoenician Ships
Click on the link to learn more about Phoenician Ships.
http://www.ovayonda.org/boating/history_pg1.htm
6. What was the Phoenicians most significant contribution to boating? Why was this so significant?
Cities of Phoenicia
Click on these two links to learn about the cities of Phoenicia. Click on the cities of Sidon, Tyre, Beirut, and Byblos and the colony of Carthage. Read about Phoenicia then scroll down and click on the cities.
http://www.ancientworlds.net/aw/Places/Place/324896
http://encyclopedia.kids.net.au/page/ph/Phoenicians
7. How many inhabitants do the cities of Sidon, Tyre and Beirut have today?
8. What did the people of Byblos trade with the Egyptians?
9. Are there any buildings left from Carthage? Why or why not?
The Phoenicians
Click on the link to go to a website to learn more about the Phoenicians. http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/westasia/history/phoenicians.htm
While on the website answer the following questions:
1. Tell why two of the three kingdoms (Egyptians and Hittites) were becoming weaker.
2. Why were the Phoenicians taken over by the Persians? (Hint click on the Persian link)
3. Why do you think we don’t hear about the Persians until 600 B.C. ?
Carthage
Click on the link to Carthage while on the Phoenican page or click on the link below.
http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/africa/history/carthage.htm
While reading about Carthage answer the following questions.
4. How do you think the first people in Carthage felt about being taken over?
5. Why did a navy that controlled Sicily and Carthage control shipping in the Mediterranean? (Hint go back to the 6th grade webquest tab and look at the map)
Phoenician Ships
Click on the link to learn more about Phoenician Ships.
http://www.ovayonda.org/boating/history_pg1.htm
6. What was the Phoenicians most significant contribution to boating? Why was this so significant?
Cities of Phoenicia
Click on these two links to learn about the cities of Phoenicia. Click on the cities of Sidon, Tyre, Beirut, and Byblos and the colony of Carthage. Read about Phoenicia then scroll down and click on the cities.
http://www.ancientworlds.net/aw/Places/Place/324896
http://encyclopedia.kids.net.au/page/ph/Phoenicians
7. How many inhabitants do the cities of Sidon, Tyre and Beirut have today?
8. What did the people of Byblos trade with the Egyptians?
9. Are there any buildings left from Carthage? Why or why not?