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 141
... round Africa . Risky as it appeared , the Phoe- nicians carried out his orders , at least in the reverse direction . They launched forth , writes the father of all sensationalist journalism , ' from the Red Sea and sailed across the ...
... round Africa . Risky as it appeared , the Phoe- nicians carried out his orders , at least in the reverse direction . They launched forth , writes the father of all sensationalist journalism , ' from the Red Sea and sailed across the ...
Page 185
... round . An artificial canal about thirty metres wide , which could be barred by an iron chain when necessary , connected both to the sea . The outer half of the harbour - the rectangular port — was the dock for the merchant ships , the ...
... round . An artificial canal about thirty metres wide , which could be barred by an iron chain when necessary , connected both to the sea . The outer half of the harbour - the rectangular port — was the dock for the merchant ships , the ...
Page 250
... round present - day Salamanca and bringing other large tracts of central Spain under his sway . The Douro , which forms the northernmost end of the Spanish - Portuguese border , soon became the limit of his territory . This meant that ...
... round present - day Salamanca and bringing other large tracts of central Spain under his sway . The Douro , which forms the northernmost end of the Spanish - Portuguese border , soon became the limit of his territory . This meant that ...
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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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