Project Q1

Name: Doménica Arteaga 1”A”

1. The Phoenecians.
1. Who were the Phoenecians

The people known to history as the Phoenicians occupied a narrow tract of land along the coast
of modern Syria, Lebanon and northern Israel. They are famed for their commercial and
maritime prowess and are recognized as having established harbors, trading posts and
settlements throughout the Mediterranean basin

2. What were the Phoenecians good at?

The Phoenicians were the greatest traders in the ancient world for the period between 1000
B.C.E. and 600 B.C.E. These were highly skilled shipbuilders and sailors built strong and fast
sailing vessels to carry their goods. They learned how to navigate and how to use the North Star
to sail at night.

3. Where was Phoenecias capital city?

Byblos was the Phoenicians capital city.

4. What was Phoenecian purple?

Tyrian purple is a pigment made from the mucus of several species of Murex snail. Tyrian
purple may first have been used by the ancient Phoenicians as early as 1570 BCE. It has been
suggested that the name Phoenicia itself mean “land o purple”.

5. Which countries did Phoenecia trade with?

From the late tenth century BC, the Phoenicians established commercial outposts throughout
the Mediterranean, with Tyre founding colonies in Cyprus, Sardinia, Iberia, the Balearic Islands,
Sicily, Malta, and North Africa.

6. Why did the Phoenecians stop existing as a trading powerhouse?

The Phoenicians fell under the harsh rule of the Assyrians. They continued to trade, but
encountered tough competition from Greece over trade routes. As the 4th century B.C.E.
approached, the Phoenicians' two most important cities, Sidon and Tyre, were destroyed by the
Persians and Alexander the Great.
2. The triangular trade.
1. What Items were traded?

Knives, guns, ammunition, cotton cloth, tools, and brass dishes, mostly raw materials, produced
on the plantations, sugar, rice, tobacco, indigo, rum.

2. What periods were involved? (What years)

The most historically significant triangular trade was the transatlantic slave trade which
operated between Europe, Africa and the Americas from the 16th to 19th centuries (1500-
1800).

3. Which countries were involved in this trade route?

The Triangular Trade routes, covered England, Europe, Africa, the Americas and the West
Indies.

4. What types of people were originally traded by the black Kings in Africa?
(Ie. what types of people did the black kings sell to the European traders?)

Enslaved people.

5. Why were these people needed for labour in the Americas?

(Ie. What crops were they needed to help produce?)

Slaves were purchased in West Africa, shipped to the Americas to produce cotton etc. The
cotton was then shipped to Europe and converted into textiles. The textiles were then shipped
to Africa in exchange for more slaves.

6. What effects do you think the triangular trade route has had on the world we live in today?

Triangle trade allowed for Europe's economic development in many ways. Trade with Africa
and the Americas allowed for increased access to raw goods and the growth of the shipping
industry, which in turn led to additional jobs for Europeans.
The triangular trade had several notable impacts on Europe, including massive profit
opportunities, increased access to raw goods, more political power and colonization outside
Europe, and the rise of the Industrial Revolution.
3. The Hanseatic League.

1. Who started the Northern trade route in Europe?

The Varangians.

Main trading routes of the Hanseatic League shortly before the 12th century the Germans
played a relatively modest role in the north European trade.

2. What was the name of this group?

Department of Ancient Near Eastern Art. “Trade routes between Europe and Asia during
Antiquity.” In Heilbronn Timeline of Art History.

3. What cities were involved?

Some, like Palmyra an Petra on the fringes of the Syrian Desert, flourished mainly as centers of
trade supplying merchant caravans and policing the trade routes. They also became cultural
and artistic centers, where people of different ethnic and cultural backgrounds could meet and
intermingle.

4. What goods/products did they buy and sell?

Goods such as television sets, clothing, machinery, raw materials and food.

5. When did the Hanseatic League cease to exist?

The Hanseatic League lost its importance in a creeping process from the middle of the fifteenth
century until 1669, where the last hanseatic day took place. Today, the Hanseatic League has
been brought back to life.

6. Was the Hanseatic League instrumental in creating strong trade conditions in Western
Europe?

Yes, it was instrumental in creating strong trade conditions, it increased trade between Europe
and the East. It rebuilt the economy and helped the population by trade polices.