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 66
... building quays and jetties . Over the smaller , newly won island- it lay to the east of the larger reef and therefore nearer to the coast - Hiram had a vast and handsome civic building erected , which was later called by the Greek name ...
... building quays and jetties . Over the smaller , newly won island- it lay to the east of the larger reef and therefore nearer to the coast - Hiram had a vast and handsome civic building erected , which was later called by the Greek name ...
Page 89
... building of the Jerusalem temple , or even its beginning . He died in 966 BC . His son Solomon , who was not nearly ... building continued — a vast amount which must have been very welcome in the poor mountainous land of Phoenicia . The ...
... building of the Jerusalem temple , or even its beginning . He died in 966 BC . His son Solomon , who was not nearly ... building continued — a vast amount which must have been very welcome in the poor mountainous land of Phoenicia . The ...
Page 90
... building looked . None of the experts consider the great church to be an example of the Hebrew style of architecture — such a style never existed - it being generally accepted that it was made by the people from the Lebanon . It is all ...
... building looked . None of the experts consider the great church to be an example of the Hebrew style of architecture — such a style never existed - it being generally accepted that it was made by the people from the Lebanon . It is all ...
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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