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 100
... began to hiss when I mentioned the old friendship . And the Munich - born Israeli religious historian Schalom Ben- Chorin , with whom I spoke about the same subject in Jerusalem , reacted in the same way . Certainly , he said , one was ...
... began to hiss when I mentioned the old friendship . And the Munich - born Israeli religious historian Schalom Ben- Chorin , with whom I spoke about the same subject in Jerusalem , reacted in the same way . Certainly , he said , one was ...
Page 240
... began with a strange prologue . The scene was Messana . The town in the straits was occupied at that time by Campanian mercenaries , one - time auxiliaries of Agathocles , who called themselves Mamertines , or sons of Mars . Their ...
... began with a strange prologue . The scene was Messana . The town in the straits was occupied at that time by Campanian mercenaries , one - time auxiliaries of Agathocles , who called themselves Mamertines , or sons of Mars . Their ...
Page 247
... began to fear for their lives . At this juncture the suffetes remembered Hamilcar and threw him into the fray as well . The ' Lightning ' , who had at least lived with his soldiers for several years , knew his troops better than Hanno ...
... began to fear for their lives . At this juncture the suffetes remembered Hamilcar and threw him into the fray as well . The ' Lightning ' , who had at least lived with his soldiers for several years , knew his troops better than Hanno ...
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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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