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Chris Hess

Phoenician Alphabet: http://www.omniglot.com/writing/phoenician.htm The Phoenician Alphabet was based and developed from another alphabet called the Proto-Canaanite Alphabet around 1500 B.C. Before the Phoenician Alphabet was written in a cunnefiorm script. Some of the first inscriptions from the Phoenician Alphabet were dated back to around 1000 B.C. The Alphabet itself is based on 22 letters and many of these have a number of different forms and none of them indicate a vowel sound. Some of the names of these letters are similar to Hebrew characters. A variation of the Phoenician Alphabet is called Punic and it was spoken up until sixth century A.D.

Greek Warfare http://www.livius.org/pha-phd/phalanx/phalanx.html http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~loxias/trireme.htm http://www.indepthinfo.com/salamis/ Greeks were very talented at both land-based and aquatic warfare. On land greeks had groups of hoplites. These were groups of civilians dressed in armour holding a shield and spear. They were grouped in large rectangular formations called Phalanx. This gave strength in numbers to all of the people inside the formation. If one man fell he could be easily replaced by the one behind him. These tactics yet simple, gave the greeks a powerful defense and offense on land. For aquatic warfare the greeks built large war ships to aid in the fight. These ships were about 37 meters long and 5.5 meters wide and each of these took 170 oarsmen to move. These ships could cover a distance of about 184 miles at 7.5 knots without stopping in a day. Since this was before people developed gunpowder for firing things the main battle tactic was to ram the opponent at high speed without loosing stability. However there were some flaws with the tactic, if the attacker failed to reach a speed of 10 knots per hour upon raming the ship would crumple. However the one being attacked survived virtually unscathed. In the Battle of Salamis, the Greeks showed their warfare abilities, wining in a battle against Persia. Persia being primarly land based, had no serious defenses against aquatic warfare and could only fight on land. The Greeks obviously won the right to the sea and then invaded the Persian's outpost using Phalanxes.

Greek Pottery http://www.museum.upenn.edu/Greek_World/images/pottery-01.gif

Greek Pottery is used to convey the current philosophical and mythological standings. It also can show the Greeks Comedies and Tragedies. Also archeologists can use these pots to date about what time it was made judging by its shape and the intricacies in the pictures. This picture is an example of a Greek Comedy. Different Pots can convey different ideas.They also can be for Gods, Godess, Heros, and Spirits.

Nike http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/1398

Was the Greek Goddess of Victory, when the Greeks would win a battle they would say that Nike had been with them. In [|sculptures] she was depicted as a winged angel holding a laurel and a palm branch and is sometimes standing on a ball. Nike was the the daughter of [|Pallas] and the River of Styx. In mythology, she fought on the side of Zeus against the __ ti __[|tans]. Nike was also not just believed by the Greeks, She was also identified as Victoria to the Romans. When Nike was with any other God or Goddess she would be depicted wingless

Questions 1. Did the philosophers find anything new or just create more questions? 2. How does Sculpture show general trends on the Culture of Greece? __3. If Expansion proved as a means of destroying a Government, Why did so many others still try to do it?__