What made the Phoenicians want to develope a writing system? How did this writing system conribute to todays' English language?
Why were the trade routes of the Phoenicicians signifigant to their city-states? What would they have done if they did not have these trading networks?
How did Persia establish such a well-ordered empire and how did it last for 200 years?
Why was Cyrus different from other conquerors? In what kind of way did this impact the Persian society?
If Knossos was built up on a hill do you think it would have stood a better chance of surviving natural disasters? Could the Phoenicians had a better way to to prevent their citie states from getting conquered? Would the Persian empire have lasted as long if they had forced you to convert religions? Was the Persian empire more successfull because of its tolerance in other religions than an empire that was not?
*Minoans & Phonecians* 1. Why did the franchise system work so well for the Minoans and Phonecians? 2. How come modern english uses the Phonecian alphabet instead of another early civilazations alphabet? *Persians* 1. Did the Persians really have a monotheistic religon if the had two gods,Ahura mazda & Ahura Man? 2. How did the surronding countrie's religon affect Persia's religon?
How did King Minos find or create the Minotaur?
ReplyDeleteWhat was the significance of decorated horse heads on the front of Phoenician ships?
Why did the Persians pick a fight with the Greeks?
How did the Greeks conquer the Persians?
In what ways did the Minoans spread culture?
ReplyDeleteHow different would our society be if the Phoenicians had not created the Phoenician alphabet?
In what ways is Zoroastrianism similar to Judaism, Christianity, and Islam?
If you were a Jew living during the period of the Persian Empire, how would you feel toward the Persians?
What caused the Minoans to allow women to take a higher role?
ReplyDeleteWhy did the Phonecians switch from using symbols in a language to using letters?
What made the Persian be able to have things such as postal systems and a coin system?
What caused the Persians to become monotheistic when everyone else was polytheistic?
How were the Minoans able to avoid war and conflict?
ReplyDeleteWhy were the Phoenicians the first to use an alphabet?
Why were the Persians able to defeat the Neo-Babylonians while no one else could?
Why did the Persians' form of feudalism work so well for them?
What made the Phoenicians want to develope a writing system? How did this writing system conribute to todays' English language?
ReplyDeleteWhy were the trade routes of the Phoenicicians signifigant to their city-states? What would they have done if they did not have these trading networks?
How did Persia establish such a well-ordered empire and how did it last for 200 years?
Why was Cyrus different from other conquerors? In what kind of way did this impact the Persian society?
If Knossos was built up on a hill do you think it would have stood a better chance of surviving natural disasters?
ReplyDeleteCould the Phoenicians had a better way to to prevent their citie states from getting conquered?
Would the Persian empire have lasted as long if they had forced you to convert religions?
Was the Persian empire more successfull because of its tolerance in other religions than an empire that was not?
Why was the minotaur used to carry out punishments to the Minoans?
ReplyDeleteWould our culture today be different if the Phoenicians had not existed?
How were the Persians able to control their large empire for a long period of time?
Why didn't the Persians force everyone they conquered to convert to Zoroastrianism?
If the Phoenician civilization was not spread out so much, do you think they would've became a strong empire?
ReplyDeleteWhy didn't the Minoans or Phoenicians come together and create an empire? Do you think they would've been a successful empire if they did?
Why do you think Cyrus the Great decided to be so respectful to the peoples that he conquered?
Why do you think the Persians came up with Zoroasterism even though there was so many more polytheistic religions?
*Minoans & Phonecians*
ReplyDelete1. Why did the franchise system work so well for the Minoans and Phonecians?
2. How come modern english uses the Phonecian alphabet instead of another early civilazations alphabet?
*Persians*
1. Did the Persians really have a monotheistic religon if the had two gods,Ahura mazda & Ahura Man?
2. How did the surronding countrie's religon affect Persia's religon?