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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... Empire and founded successive dynasties , from one of which sprang the Hammurabi who founded modern law with the Codex named after him , and who made the small town of Bab - ili , the ' Gate of God ' , one of the most famous the world ...
... Empire and founded successive dynasties , from one of which sprang the Hammurabi who founded modern law with the Codex named after him , and who made the small town of Bab - ili , the ' Gate of God ' , one of the most famous the world ...
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... empire which reached from Aqaba as far as the countries of the Indian Ocean , and they also had a thriving industrial centre in this dusty corner of the desert which was among the largest of its kind in the ancient orient - for none of ...
... empire which reached from Aqaba as far as the countries of the Indian Ocean , and they also had a thriving industrial centre in this dusty corner of the desert which was among the largest of its kind in the ancient orient - for none of ...
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The Purple Empire of the Ancient World Gerhard Herm. CHAPTER XIV The Punic Empire of the Phoenicians THE CARTHAGINIANS MUST have realized by the end of the fifth century BC at the latest that they had only themselves to depend on in ...
The Purple Empire of the Ancient World Gerhard Herm. CHAPTER XIV The Punic Empire of the Phoenicians THE CARTHAGINIANS MUST have realized by the end of the fifth century BC at the latest that they had only themselves to depend on in ...
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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