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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... Hittites are now advancing on Byblos itself . The position is untenable . They must at least see to it that the statue of Baalat is saved and taken safely to the Nile . Again there is no reply . Rib - Adi's next letter no longer comes ...
... Hittites are now advancing on Byblos itself . The position is untenable . They must at least see to it that the statue of Baalat is saved and taken safely to the Nile . Again there is no reply . Rib - Adi's next letter no longer comes ...
Page 46
... Hittites have taken from the Egyptians . Rameses II finally advances to the north of Damascus , and gives battle to ... Hittite king as his wife . From now on the borderline be- tween his kingdom and that of the Aryans is a line which ...
... Hittites have taken from the Egyptians . Rameses II finally advances to the north of Damascus , and gives battle to ... Hittite king as his wife . From now on the borderline be- tween his kingdom and that of the Aryans is a line which ...
Page 190
... Hittites . This also proved that Aeneas's flight after the Fall of Troy was not merely a poetic invention by Virgil and Livy . On the contrary : both had reproduced the historical facts . The Etruscans are Trojans ; the Trojans Hittites ...
... Hittites . This also proved that Aeneas's flight after the Fall of Troy was not merely a poetic invention by Virgil and Livy . On the contrary : both had reproduced the historical facts . The Etruscans are Trojans ; the Trojans Hittites ...
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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