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 92
... ruler for the sake of such a trifle . The friendship between the two rulers does not seem to have been seriously affected by the affair of the palace — according to a traditional eastern folk - tale . Josephus has handed it on to us ...
... ruler for the sake of such a trifle . The friendship between the two rulers does not seem to have been seriously affected by the affair of the palace — according to a traditional eastern folk - tale . Josephus has handed it on to us ...
Page 110
... Ruler River on the breast . The skilful one takes a mace and reads out what is written on it : " Thy name , yes ... Ruler River between the eyes ! Then will Sea sink down and fall to the ground . Now the mace swoops down in the hand of ...
... Ruler River on the breast . The skilful one takes a mace and reads out what is written on it : " Thy name , yes ... Ruler River between the eyes ! Then will Sea sink down and fall to the ground . Now the mace swoops down in the hand of ...
Page 192
... ruler Tiberie Velianas or Veliunas an- nounces he has dedicated a temple to Astarte , so that ' the goddess's hand ... rulers totted up their resources and came to the hard - headed conclusion that a people with a population as small as ...
... ruler Tiberie Velianas or Veliunas an- nounces he has dedicated a temple to Astarte , so that ' the goddess's hand ... rulers totted up their resources and came to the hard - headed conclusion that a people with a population as small as ...
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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