WOH 2012 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Semitic People, Near East, Nomad
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Assyrians: a tribal group from northern iraq that emerged from nomadism. Skilled in warfare & and used new tactics to negate the advantage of traditional chariot warfare. The assyrians would execute, pillage, and rape conquered villages. Multiple nations teamed up and conquered the assyrians. Phoenicians: a semitic people who were unwarlike and inhabited the strip along the lebanon coast. The greatest maritime traders & colonizers of the ancient near east: spread the art of making iron to greeks and africans, biggest city carthage rivaled rome until it fell. First to use the phonetic alphabet (sounds correspond to written letters: simpler than cuneiform and hieroglyphics. Due to its position on the silk road, persia became an exchange point between the arabic-muslim and the indic-hindu worlds: this allows them to play a considerable role in world affairs. Nomadic people but horses allowed them to have great skill in calvary tactics to conquer lands.
