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◨ Cultural diffusion
◨ Trade routes
◨ No central gov, separate cities
◨ Each city had own gov
◨ In 1,200 BC, they had 200k people as a population
◨ Social System like the muslims
◨ Made sacrifices; some even sacrificed their children to God

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◨ States around the
◨ Mediterranean that sometime competed with w one another.
◨ Byblos is the capital
◨ Sidon & Tyre are major cities for making red-purple dye
◨ Lived near the coast of Mediterranean sea

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◨ Remarkable ship builders and seafarers
◨ First developed the round boat
◨ Navigation
◨ Farming
◨ Slaves
◨ Worked in wood, metal, glass & Ivory
◨ Gain richness from selling purple cloth to royal families

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◨ Created purple dye
◨ First developed the round boat
◨ Blowing glass
◨ Created trade routes

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◨ Inspired by Egypt
◨ Greeks adopted writing system
◨ First society to use an alphabet w/o vowels
◨ Some resembled Egypt's hieroglyphics
◨ Alphabet inspired by Egypt.
◨ Alphabet symbols represent sounds.
◨ Used tall weed stalks to make paper like material.
◨ Kept records of transactions because they were merchants.
◨ Polytheistic