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S.S Lesson 2.4 voc
Term | Definition |
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import | is a good or service sold within a country that is produced in another country. most phoenician imports were raw materials , including gold, silver , tin copper , iron , ivory, and precious stone |
export | is a good or service produced within a country and sold outside the country's border. |
navigation | or the art of steering a ship from place to place. phoenician sailors developed a thorough knowledge of wind patterns and ocean currents. At first , the phoenicians sailed and traded among nearby lands , Later they took their ships to new areas. |
colony | is an area ruled by a distant country. when phoenicia came under attack by Assyrians and other starting in the 800s BCE, many phoenicians left phoenicia. they migrated to their colonies for safety. |
cultural- diffusion | is the spreading of cultural traits from one region to anther. the phoenicians' legacy included the spread of it's culture and a new way of writing |
alphabet | is a small set of letter of symbols, each of which stands for a single sound. |
assembly | Phoenician society be |
profited | from the silver trade. |