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 75
... merchants : they traded the persons of men and vessels of brass in thy market . They of the house of Togarmah [ Armenia ] traded in thy fairs with horses and horse- men and mules . The men of Dedan [ Arabia ] were thy merchants ; many ...
... merchants : they traded the persons of men and vessels of brass in thy market . They of the house of Togarmah [ Armenia ] traded in thy fairs with horses and horse- men and mules . The men of Dedan [ Arabia ] were thy merchants ; many ...
Page 76
... merchants . The merchants of Sheba and Raamah [ Yemen ] , they were thy merchants : they occupied in thy fairs with chief of all spices , and with all precious stones , and gold . Haran , and Canneh , and Eden [ in Mesopotamia ] , the ...
... merchants . The merchants of Sheba and Raamah [ Yemen ] , they were thy merchants : they occupied in thy fairs with chief of all spices , and with all precious stones , and gold . Haran , and Canneh , and Eden [ in Mesopotamia ] , the ...
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... merchants from Tyre , when , in about 600 BC , they succeeded in founding the town of Messalia ( Marseilles ) on the south coast of France . With this base they had command of the Rhône valley and had won an important foothold on the ...
... merchants from Tyre , when , in about 600 BC , they succeeded in founding the town of Messalia ( Marseilles ) on the south coast of France . With this base they had command of the Rhône valley and had won an important foothold on the ...
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The Bedouins of the Sea II | 11 |
The City in the Cedar Grove | 27 |
The Coming of the Aryans | 39 |
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