to rule by terror: the assyrians
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Traders On The Sea 1300 B.C.-500 B.C. The Phoenicians (Traders on the Sea) were based in the coastal cities of Sidon, Byblos, and Ugarit about 3000 B.C Cities had perfect harbors for ships Located between Egypt and MesopotamiaTRANSCRIPT
Trade, Iron and Terror
The Traders On The SeaThe Age Of Iron
To Rule By Terror: The Assyrians
Traders On The Sea 1300 B.C.-500 B.C. The Phoenicians
(Traders on the Sea) were based in the coastal cities of Sidon, Byblos, and Ugarit about 3000 B.C
Cities had perfect harbors for ships
Located between Egypt and Mesopotamia
Traders On The Sea 1300 B.C.-500 B.C. Phoenicians controlled
the cedar tree forests near Lebanon Range
Had a monopoly on purple dye made from shellfish
Created purple cloth which people desired because it stood for nobility
Sold and introduced iron to Egyptians
Traders On The Sea 1300 B.C.-500 B.C.
Region was inhospitable to farming so adapted to environment
Great sailors, Phoenicians traveled as far as Spain and to Africa
Hugged coastline and camped at night on shores
Created ports every thirty miles that transported Phoenician culture into other countries
Traders On The Sea 1300 B.C.-500 B.C. Introduced the
phonetic alphabet that was simpler than cuneiform
Phoenician alphabet spread fast in the Mediterranean region
Eliminated the need for scribes and was easier to learn
The Age Of Iron Constant warfare in
Mesopotamia made acquiring copper and tin precarious
Hittite metalworkers experiment with iron
Constant reheating and cold-hammering doubled strength of iron
Bronze no match for Iron weapons
The Age Of Iron By 1000 B.C.
weapons, tools, cookware were now made of iron
Armies equipped with iron conquered bronze armies
Warfare increase and lead to birth of multiethnic empires
The Assyrian War Machine Assyrians arrived
from the northern valley region near the Euphrates and Tigris
Assyrian god Assur commanded them to “rule over all”
Assyrian strength lied within its army
The Assyrian War Machine Assyrian war
machine successful because-• Used propaganda
about their brutality• Military engineers who
built bridges, siege equipment and tunnels
• Well trained and paid officers
Maintaining Assyrian Order To maintain Assyrian
empire• Built road system to
connect empire• Appointed governors
to maintain distant territories
• Had a unifying language
Maintaining Assyrian Order Trouble makers were
publicly tortured Villages that gave trouble
were massacred to be an example
And if a region revolted the people were sent to other parts of the kingdom
Maintaining Assyrian Order Assyrian King
Ashurabnipal (669-627 B.C.) collected largest library of cuneiform tablets
To preserve literature 612 B.C Assyrian
empire crumbles to a coalition of enemies