The Phoenicians: The Purple Empire of the Ancient WorldMorrow, 1975 - 288 pages Examines the history, people, culture, civilization, and achievements of the Phoenicians, whose supremacy in shipbuilding and navigation enabled them to be masters of the ancient world for three hundred years. |
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Page 37
... become farmers rather than townsmen and traders . At all events , he called the specific area where he now lived Yaa , and describes it as a miniature paradise : " There were figs and grapes and more wine than water . There was an ...
... become farmers rather than townsmen and traders . At all events , he called the specific area where he now lived Yaa , and describes it as a miniature paradise : " There were figs and grapes and more wine than water . There was an ...
Page 117
... become a heathen once more , described the Adonis celebrations at Byblos prosaically as ' a feast , which symbolized ... become degenerate and that the temples had in fact become brothels . Yet the militant bishop was regarding them in ...
... become a heathen once more , described the Adonis celebrations at Byblos prosaically as ' a feast , which symbolized ... become degenerate and that the temples had in fact become brothels . Yet the militant bishop was regarding them in ...
Page 265
... become almost a symbol of their guilt to the Romans . They knew all too well that the methods which their consuls had used in the Third Punic War to blackmail Carthage had not been very nice . Livy , much the most important Roman ...
... become almost a symbol of their guilt to the Romans . They knew all too well that the methods which their consuls had used in the Third Punic War to blackmail Carthage had not been very nice . Livy , much the most important Roman ...
Contents
The Bedouins of the Sea II | 11 |
The City in the Cedar Grove | 27 |
The Coming of the Aryans | 39 |
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