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Berry: Downfall of the Phoenicians [|http://www.publicbookshelf.com/public_html/The_Story_of_the_Greatest_Nations_and_the_Worlds_Famous_Events_Vol_1/ancientc_jg.html] The Phoenicians were excellent traders. Their main exports was purple dye made from snail corpses, glass and the use of the alphabet, which was how the Romans and the Greeks got their alphabet.Nebuchadnezzar II incorporated Phoenicia into the Persian Empire.The downfall of the Phoenicians occurred when Alexander the Great defeated Persia in 333 BC. Almost all of the Phoenician cities including Sidon, Byblos, and Arwad conceded to Macedonia. Tyre, the only city which didn't forfeit to the Macedonians, held strong until Alexander waged a 7 month siege in 332 BC. After the siege of Tyre, the Phoenician Empire died, and in 64 BC the name of Phoenicia disappeared entirely, becoming a part of the Roman providence of Syria.Once the name Phoenicia dissipated their trade items were still being traded.

Conflict between Athens and Persia: The strong empire of Persian were seeking world domination so the tried to take Ionias. But then the Athenians stepped in to help out the Ionians but even with the help the Persian still won the battle. But they found out that the Athens helped the Ionians, so then they sought revenge on Athens.So they took the battle to Athens but after 4 harsh attempts in taking Athens the Persians returned home. But on the Fourth try the Persians burned down Athens but still lost all of their infantry and Calvary.

 http://www.sikyon.com/Athens/ahist_eg02.html http://www.ancientgreece.com/s/Wars/ http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/greeks/history/marathon.htm

the first attack that the Persians launched on the Athenians was stopped because the fleet that was sent to assist the ground troops was destroyed in a terrible storm off the coast. After the first two attacks the Persians gave up for a while and came back two years later to attack again. http://joseph_berrigan.tripod.com/ancientbabylon/id27.html

1.) Did Aristotle question Socrates's philosophy too? 2.) Why did the people in the courtroom not believe in Socrates? 3.) Why did Sparta have a weak government but a large and powerful army?