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 45
... town again , I will hold it for my lord ; my heart hangs on the King , my lord . I will not give the town to the sons of Abdi - Ashirta , although my brother has turned the town from me in order to give it into the hands of the sons of ...
... town again , I will hold it for my lord ; my heart hangs on the King , my lord . I will not give the town to the sons of Abdi - Ashirta , although my brother has turned the town from me in order to give it into the hands of the sons of ...
Page 64
... town ' . Then he announces : ' I am setting sail with all my ships . Let the King take care of his servants and protect them . ' Abi - Milki spares himself beseeching entreaties , wailing and whimpers . When he sees that his position is ...
... town ' . Then he announces : ' I am setting sail with all my ships . Let the King take care of his servants and protect them . ' Abi - Milki spares himself beseeching entreaties , wailing and whimpers . When he sees that his position is ...
Page 65
... towns at the southern end of Mount Lebanon is the older , is a controversial point . Timaeus , a not very reliable Greek historian , has it that Sidon is the older , and that Sidonians built Tyre after their own town was destroyed by ...
... towns at the southern end of Mount Lebanon is the older , is a controversial point . Timaeus , a not very reliable Greek historian , has it that Sidon is the older , and that Sidonians built Tyre after their own town was destroyed by ...
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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