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 40
... Egypt . Support for this supposition is offered by cuneiform tablets from the records of the ruler of Mari , which ... Egypt in the Syro - Palestinian area came to an end for some considerable time . We do not know for certain how Byblos ...
... Egypt . Support for this supposition is offered by cuneiform tablets from the records of the ruler of Mari , which ... Egypt in the Syro - Palestinian area came to an end for some considerable time . We do not know for certain how Byblos ...
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... Egyptian but of the new Phoenician kind . Business was business and nothing else . ' Amun , ' he said , ' created every land , but firstly he created the land of Egypt , from whence you come , for all [ artisan ] skill stems from there ...
... Egyptian but of the new Phoenician kind . Business was business and nothing else . ' Amun , ' he said , ' created every land , but firstly he created the land of Egypt , from whence you come , for all [ artisan ] skill stems from there ...
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... Egypt ' and quickly adopted Egyptian customs and the Egyptian way of life . However , this submission to the codes ... Egypt they had to join the Aramaean migration and press on towards the territory in the Jordan valley , where their ...
... Egypt ' and quickly adopted Egyptian customs and the Egyptian way of life . However , this submission to the codes ... Egypt they had to join the Aramaean migration and press on towards the territory in the Jordan valley , where their ...
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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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