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 138
... least as many volumes as all that the Greeks have told so volubly . With the founding of the two colonies at Gades and Lixus , which are both the farthest from Tyre and the oldest , the most impor- tant part of the mineral prospecting ...
... least as many volumes as all that the Greeks have told so volubly . With the founding of the two colonies at Gades and Lixus , which are both the farthest from Tyre and the oldest , the most impor- tant part of the mineral prospecting ...
Page 145
... least two others had surpassed them , the Greeks and the Carthagi- nians . This period of slow decline lasted half a millennium , from 850 until about 350 BC . It did not begin with a catastrophe , but with tremors which they were ...
... least two others had surpassed them , the Greeks and the Carthagi- nians . This period of slow decline lasted half a millennium , from 850 until about 350 BC . It did not begin with a catastrophe , but with tremors which they were ...
Page 263
... least see that those who built the city chose one of the most beautiful spots on the North African coast . Carthage is the residential district of Tunis . Habib Bour- guiba lives there . CHAPTER XVII The Phoenicians and Us ' A state can ...
... least see that those who built the city chose one of the most beautiful spots on the North African coast . Carthage is the residential district of Tunis . Habib Bour- guiba lives there . CHAPTER XVII The Phoenicians and Us ' A state can ...
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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