By Emily Wexler
Today during AP history, we discussed chapter 5 of the textbook. We talked about how trade played such an important role in the development of the Pheonecians, the Assyrian Empire, and the Greek culture. Trade was facilitated in different ways in each society. The Pheonecians were known for developing an alphabet which made communication easier which, in turn, makes trade with urban communities a lot easier. In the Assyrian Empire, mega structures facilitated trade because they brought different people and cultures together. In class, we established that the main question of this chapter is why some societies flourished in this time (between 1000 and 500 B.C.E) while others didn’t? We came to the conclusion that the amount a society flourished is dependent on their ability to maximize trade. The more trade, the more successful the society is.
