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 219
... Carthaginians seem to have understood for the first time how far superior culturally the Greeks were to themselves , and they took it to heart . Henceforward , anyone who prided himself on his status in the best Carthaginian circles ...
... Carthaginians seem to have understood for the first time how far superior culturally the Greeks were to themselves , and they took it to heart . Henceforward , anyone who prided himself on his status in the best Carthaginian circles ...
Page 222
... Carthaginians kept about a third of Sicily , and the dictator of Syracuse controlled a larger area , since the gods clearly preferred him to his sombrely old - fashioned opponent . The Carthaginians must have interpreted events in this ...
... Carthaginians kept about a third of Sicily , and the dictator of Syracuse controlled a larger area , since the gods clearly preferred him to his sombrely old - fashioned opponent . The Carthaginians must have interpreted events in this ...
Page 242
... Carthaginians . This was demonstrated for the first time in 260 BC . Off Mylae ( Milazzo in Sicily ) a Roman fleet of 143 ships met an equally strong Carthaginian fleet . The Carthaginians , as always on the sea , thought it would be a ...
... Carthaginians . This was demonstrated for the first time in 260 BC . Off Mylae ( Milazzo in Sicily ) a Roman fleet of 143 ships met an equally strong Carthaginian fleet . The Carthaginians , as always on the sea , thought it would be a ...
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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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