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Link:http://phoenicia.org/alphabet.html The Phoenician alphabet was one of the first, It has 22 letters and is much alike the Hebrew alphabet. Their language was an very important aspect that stuck out in their culture. The alphabet was one of the very first to have each symbol have it's on meaning and sound. The spoken language was originated in 11th century B.C. in modern day Lebanon. Soon it started to spread, It travele
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d all through out the Mediterranean by the merchants that were doing their trades. The reason the language was able to spread so quickly was because it was easy to learn, each letter meant a sound and not a symbol for each word. This is somewhat like the language we use today but not quit the Phoenician alphabet lasted till about 1st century Ross 2 http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/GREECE/SPARTA.HTM http://www.laconia.org/sparti_h_1.htm http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/aegean/thecities/sparta.html The Spartans were a very well Organized group. Growing up in the Spartan civilization was very controlled, The life style of living was to do everything as a group, know who everyone was and always knowing what was going on in the city. The Spartans could of grown to be a large vast empire, but they had a thought that it would be better to stay a small group for many reasons.They lived on an island south of Peloponnesus,it was named Lacedaemeon but also known as Sparta,Sparta was a very rich and wealthy place, It had some of the most advanced people living on the island but had no care for that. They were straight forward on their fighting and military, In the spartan religion when a baby was born it was brought out to a pit were a holy priest was to see if it was born to be a fighter, If the baby had any defects, to short, to skinny, anything that didn't fit their culture it was tossed and never to be returned too. Sparta was attacked many times by outside invaders but never defeated, They won all of their wars and battles but after the pelopennase wars were done being fought something happened. the Spartans started to fade. they didn't give up but slowly faded out of the history eye.

(Actually the spartans lost the Battle of Thermopole since they lost so many people and they lost the War to rome, you could say "up until this point, the spartans won all the wars and battles..." but to say they won all of them is not true. Both of these cites prove this.) http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/421217 http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080630135653AANKh1i Ross 3 http://www.snible.org/coins/nc/1902/XV.jpg In the primary source i used was coins, Sparta was one of the very first people to start using money as a system to buy things. The making of money was one of the best ideas, it made trade and buying a whole new thing. The money system has come to this day and also made things easier to do for example. before money was created we used trade, Yes it was a very good technique but you would never know if the trade would be equally weighed out. The money system change this around, it brought prices to items so you could pay for what you wanted and it would equal out. Money has always helped and will continue because of the great minds of the Spartans. Ross 4 3 class questions 1. Were many of the Sculptors Men or women? 2. Why did they put the Sculptures in a certain fashion and make them all the same? 3.Why did the figures start to change as time progressed? Ross 5 link:http://ablemedia.com/ctcweb/consortium/ancientolympics1.html The Olympic Games, The Olympics were a very important tradition to the Greek People. The men who participated in the games were considered and looked upon as heroes. The Olympics we have today are fun and competitive but never as important of how the Greeks looked at them. Also the men who were aloud to join in the Olympics had to be free and speak Greek. Some of the games like Boxing, and running are still what we do today the games are all held in one place and are filled with many screaming, joyful, Greeks who are ready to begin the ACTION!