| A | B |
|---|
| Phoenicians | ancient seafaring people from Canaan |
| Canaanites | Phoenician herders from the desert |
| Philistines | traders and shipbuilders from eastern Mediterranean |
| Phoenician ships | strong and fast, made of cedar |
| sailors | merchant traders made goods on board |
| explorers | traveled to unknown places |
| treaties | agreements of trade and peace between countries |
| Tyre | large city-state and major Phoenician seaport |
| Byblos | large city-state exported large amounts of papyrus |
| Sidun | large city-state and naval power |
| murex | shellfish with purple dye |
| Melqart | king in purple merchant's legend |
| holy of holies | most sacred chamber of temple |
| urns | ornamental clay vases used to bury dead |
| colony | permanent settlements first used as trading posts |
| Carthage | most famous Phoenician city |
| Tunisia | modern city site of ancient Carthage |
| alphabet | Phoenician gift to civilization |
| 1200 B. C. | Phoenicians turn to shipbuilding and trade for a living |
| trading good | cedar logs |
| 814 B.C. | Carthage founded |
| Dydo | legendary founder of Carthage |
| Phoenician Star | what Greeks called the North Star |
| Mediterranean Sea | where Phoenicians mostly sailed and traded |
| cedar | wood used to build ships |
