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 148
... turned against Tyre and placed a fleet of sixty ships at Sennacherib's disposal so that he could also besiege the island city . But he could not take it even with their help . The sea fortress built by Hiram held out for five years and ...
... turned against Tyre and placed a fleet of sixty ships at Sennacherib's disposal so that he could also besiege the island city . But he could not take it even with their help . The sea fortress built by Hiram held out for five years and ...
Page 211
... turned to the Greeks , who had better taste and practised more careful workmanship . The time when Homer had praised Phoenician goods so highly was long since past . But fancy goods brought in money . In the fourth century , after ...
... turned to the Greeks , who had better taste and practised more careful workmanship . The time when Homer had praised Phoenician goods so highly was long since past . But fancy goods brought in money . In the fourth century , after ...
Page 246
... turned the mutiny into a revolution . He brought twenty thousand of his countrymen into the rebel camp . Then he attacked Hippo Acra , a town near Carthage , while Spendius besieged Utica . The suffetes gave Hanno orders to round up the ...
... turned the mutiny into a revolution . He brought twenty thousand of his countrymen into the rebel camp . Then he attacked Hippo Acra , a town near Carthage , while Spendius besieged Utica . The suffetes gave Hanno orders to round up the ...
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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