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They lived at about the same time periods, but were otherwise dissimilar - the Phoenicians were mainly sea-raders in the Mediterranean Sea, the Sumerians were mainly farmers in the Tigris and Euphrates River basins.
They were different. The Persians took ver large areas and incorporated them within their empire. The Phoenicians chose the option of trade - not trying to take over regions, but profiting by trading with them.
They both are very different in many ways but they have some similarity; They Both had a river where they lived like the Sumerians that had a Mesopotamian river and the Egyptians relied on the Nile river (that helps us find out the upper and lower Egypt.
-Written by a Sixth grader that is learning this in her class~
According to tradition, the Phoenicians were Canaanites, descendants of Ham, while the Hebrews were descendants of Eber, the wider family of Abraham, descendants of Shem. Thus the Phoenicians and Hebrews were related only through Noah, not more recently.
The Phoenicians invented an alphabetic system of writing, the Greeks used this as a basis, adding extra letters and modified the letters.
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How did the Phoenicians influence the Persians?
The Persians absorbed the Phoenicians into their empire, and used their resources.
Was the colony of axun founded by Persians Arabs Phoenicians or Romans?
Persians
Did the Assyrians Persians Babylonians Hebrews and Phoenicians all fight?
No, but the Assyrians, Persians, and Babylonians all oppressed and/or conquered the Hebrews.(Note: there is a theory that the Phoenicians WEREthe ancient Hebrews).
Who settled in around the Fertile Crescent?
the assyrians the phoenicians the persians the isrealites and babylonians
Who conquered the Phoenicians?
The Persians conquered Phoenicia under Cyrus The Great, in 539 BCE.
What group did the Persians conquer?
The Persian Empire incorporated Libyans, Egyptians, Phoenicians, Greeks, Mesopotamians, Medes, Persians, Indians and several other lesser peoples.
Who are the leaders of sumerians amorites hittites Phoenicians Assyrians chaldean hebrews Persians lydians and babylonians?
it is a king
What cultural groups did the Persians conquer?
The Persian Empire incorporated Libyans, Egyptians, Phoenicians, Greeks, Mesopotamians, Medes, Persians, Indians and several other lesser peoples.
How did the Phoenicians change over time What happened to the Phoenicians?
As their population outgrew the land they had taken in the Levant they turned to trade to expand their economies. They were taken over by the Persians, then the Greeks under Alexander, and were absorbed into the populations in the Middle East.
Who of the four civilizations Assyrians Phoenicians Persians and Hebrews made the greatest contribution to world history?
The Assyrians and Phoenicians cities and writings and not much compared to the Persian, Hebrew and the Egyptian contributions to history because that history is much longer.
Which best describes the persians The worlds best sailors polythests disinterested in empiers merciful rulers?
Merciful rulers. They were also polytheists, but were not sailors - their navy was comprised of Greeks, Egyptians and Phoenicians.
What was the cultural diffusion for the Persian Empire?
It ranged across Egyptians, Phoenicians, Thracians, Carians, Greeks, Armenians, Babylonians, Assyrians, Medes, Persians, Parthians, Bactrians, Indians, and many other tribes and peoples.
