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 225
... Carthage kept her previous posses- sions ; the river Halycus which runs into the sea at Himera and is now called the ... Carthage's death sentence too , because Carthage was only a larger Tyre . Twenty - two years later it would see ...
... Carthage kept her previous posses- sions ; the river Halycus which runs into the sea at Himera and is now called the ... Carthage's death sentence too , because Carthage was only a larger Tyre . Twenty - two years later it would see ...
Page 233
... Carthage lies . Agathocles burnt his ships behind him and marched without delay on the enemy city . The Carthaginians , who were entirely unprepared for such a manœuvre , must have hardly been able to believe their eyes when they saw ...
... Carthage lies . Agathocles burnt his ships behind him and marched without delay on the enemy city . The Carthaginians , who were entirely unprepared for such a manœuvre , must have hardly been able to believe their eyes when they saw ...
Page 265
... Carthage . The Punic State had become almost a symbol of their guilt to the Romans . They knew all too well that the methods which their consuls had used in the Third Punic War to blackmail Carthage had not been very nice . Livy , much ...
... Carthage . The Punic State had become almost a symbol of their guilt to the Romans . They knew all too well that the methods which their consuls had used in the Third Punic War to blackmail Carthage had not been very nice . Livy , much ...
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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