Phoenician alphabet

LaSandra Stallworth Andre Lapalme English 271 19 October 2015 Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Literature The invention of writing in the earliest Literatures Writing is a physical manifestation of a spoken language. The first system of writing was known as cuneiform, which consists of making marks in wet clay. The earliest form of writing was pictographs, which are symbols that represent objects. It is wet clay that is drawn in, and then they would put it out to dry. This writing system…

The entirety of the human race have been heavily influenced, changed, and improved by trade since the beginning of time; this was made possible by trade routes that connected different groups and spread over the expanse of land and sea. Trade routes are the sole reason we are so connected to one another as a population- due to the fact that trade routes allow for the spread of different cultures, beliefs, technology, knowledge, and other odds and ends- all of which shaped and continue to shape…

down which led to culture, technology, religions, languages and many other advancements. 2. Phoenicians- The Phoenicians were based around 1200-600 BCE along the eastern side of the Mediterranean coast (Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, Gaza, Syria, and south west Turkey) They had a trade based economy, but the reason they were so important was because they developed a widely used written language including an alphabet (22 letters).…

Giselle Rivas Professor Hagstrom Ling 250 May 6, 2015 Arabic Introduction The Arab world has many diverse influences in its, linguistic, ethnic, and religious groups. Due to war and exile, many Arabs migrated to America where millions of people created a community to advance with many opportunities. A heritage language interview was conducted to learn how Arabs continue to use their language, culture or religion in California. Origin of the Language The word “Arab” means “nomad,” a person who…

10,000 years ago, the Neolithic Revolution began. As we read in our text it was simply defined as, “…the far-reaching changes in human life resulting from the beginning of farming.” Civilization was a change for the better, and the most revolutionary shift to the world we live in today. Without the impeccable advancement and basic idea of civilization, many of our accomplishments and progressions would have never been as strong, or even completed generally. A flashback into one of the ancient…

trusses to stiffen the beam of ships. Egyptian paper was made from papyrus and pottery was seen everywhere she went. Makinson got to see for herself egyptian hieroglyphs, a photogenic writing system, served as the basis for the Phoenician alphabet where later other alphabets were created. With this ability, writing and record keeping, the Egyptians developed one of the first decimal system. The Egyptians were also responsible for developing geometry for purposes of construction, advances in…

Chapter 3: First Civilizations-Cities, States, and Unequal Societies, 3500 BCE to 500 BCE Questions: 1. When and where did the First Civilizations emerge? • Much like agriculture, emerging civilizations were a global phenomenon. They first became evident in three specific locations (from 3500 B.C.E to 3000 B.C.E.) in Mesopotamia, the Egyptian Nile River valley, and Norte Chico. • Following this, the next three specific civilizations emerged. By 2000 (to 1,200) B.C.E, the Indus Valley, China,…

Two civilizations that share many similarities and differences are the Romans and Greeks. The Greeks influenced many aspects of the Roman civilization. The Greeks first came to be around 1600 B.C.E. Rome was supposedly founded in 753 B.C.E. The ancient Greek civilization rose to power before Rome was established, and fell at the hands of Rome. Both were powerful in their time, and both left legacies that can still be found today. The Greeks were located in a mountainous peninsula, a…

2200 BCE China’s Xia Dynasty rises Minoan society rise 2000 BCE Indo Europeans began to build settlements in the Italian peninsula A sophisticated society of Minoans arose from the island of Crete 1800 BCE Bronze metallurgy brought by the Etruscans in Rome 1766 BCE Xia Dynasty decline China’s Shang Dynasty rises 1628 BCE Volcanic eruption on the island of Thera destroyed almost everything 1600 BCE Mycenaean society rises Mycenaeans began trade with Minoans and learned about…

President Obama is keen on exploitation the phrase “the arc of the ethical universe,” a line derived from King Jr’s longer quote, “The arc of the ethical universe is long however it bends toward justice.” King, in fact, raised the often-used sentence from earlier Christian ministers. They, in turn, apparently borrowed the optimistic expression from its creator, Theodore Parker, a mid-nineteenth-century philosopher man of the cloth. Obama additionally oftentimes favors sayings like “the right…