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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... Kingdom . The various stages of its development were almost identical to those of the Sumerian state : from mud - hut villages to towns , from an assembly of the people to a kingdom and bureaucracy , from illiteracy to hieroglyph script ...
... Kingdom . The various stages of its development were almost identical to those of the Sumerian state : from mud - hut villages to towns , from an assembly of the people to a kingdom and bureaucracy , from illiteracy to hieroglyph script ...
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... Kingdom , which arose in about 2,052 BC as the Old Kingdom disintegrated , illustrates this close relationship between Canaan and the Nile country in an attractive literary text : the Tale of Sinube . The hero of this story was a high ...
... Kingdom , which arose in about 2,052 BC as the Old Kingdom disintegrated , illustrates this close relationship between Canaan and the Nile country in an attractive literary text : the Tale of Sinube . The hero of this story was a high ...
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... Kingdom , 42 New World , 138 New York , 196 Nietzsche , 173 Nile Delta , 48 , 50 , 61 , 62 Nile Kingdom , 29 , 41 , 43 , 44 , 51 , 53 , 61 , 85 Nile river , 22 , 23 , 27 , 35 , 36 , 40 , 45 , 46 , 47 , 48 , 50 , 53 , 62 , 65 , 75 , 91 ...
... Kingdom , 42 New World , 138 New York , 196 Nietzsche , 173 Nile Delta , 48 , 50 , 61 , 62 Nile Kingdom , 29 , 41 , 43 , 44 , 51 , 53 , 61 , 85 Nile river , 22 , 23 , 27 , 35 , 36 , 40 , 45 , 46 , 47 , 48 , 50 , 53 , 62 , 65 , 75 , 91 ...
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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