Today's session involved two lessons: a brief one on Kush (a/k/a Nubia) and a longer one on Phoenicia. Kush was an African realm immediately south of Egypt. It benefited from the Nile River and from rich stores of gold and other minerals. Phoenicia was based in the land known today as Lebanon. Phoenicians were renown traders, who travelled in large ships to distant lands, not for conquest, but to engage in trade and commerce. Hunter also learned that the Phoenicians originated the phonetic alphabet, bequeathing same to the Greeks. This was a hugely important cultural and historical development. Hunter was informed that a test would be adminstered in class tomorrow.