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 21
... developed communities which only differed in detail from states as we know them today . From a stable religious order a political system developed , from small officials with their staffs of office a massive bureaucracy , from the early ...
... developed communities which only differed in detail from states as we know them today . From a stable religious order a political system developed , from small officials with their staffs of office a massive bureaucracy , from the early ...
Page 55
... develop from coastal sailors to ocean navigators of their own accord ; it was through their fusion with foreign ... developed similar theories themselves . For Sabatino Moscati too , the formula ' Canaanites plus Sea Peoples equals ...
... develop from coastal sailors to ocean navigators of their own accord ; it was through their fusion with foreign ... developed similar theories themselves . For Sabatino Moscati too , the formula ' Canaanites plus Sea Peoples equals ...
Page 177
... developed the phonetic script . Archaeo- logists found an entire spelling - book at Ugarit , dating from before 1,200 BC and containing all the letters of a complete alphabet . The people of the city which was destroyed by the Sea ...
... developed the phonetic script . Archaeo- logists found an entire spelling - book at Ugarit , dating from before 1,200 BC and containing all the letters of a complete alphabet . The people of the city which was destroyed by the Sea ...
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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