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 90
... looked . None of the experts consider the great church to be an example of the Hebrew style of architecture - such a style never existed - it being generally accepted that it was made by the people from the Lebanon . It is all the more ...
... looked . None of the experts consider the great church to be an example of the Hebrew style of architecture - such a style never existed - it being generally accepted that it was made by the people from the Lebanon . It is all the more ...
Page 100
... looked rather puzzled , because the small , round little man began , in an earnest tone , which I cannot adequately reproduce here , to give a lecture in the five - o'clock crush of the King David Hotel on the only aspect of the Jewish ...
... looked rather puzzled , because the small , round little man began , in an earnest tone , which I cannot adequately reproduce here , to give a lecture in the five - o'clock crush of the King David Hotel on the only aspect of the Jewish ...
Page 136
... economic nature , but that does not alter the foregoing conclusion . It cost money to equip the ships , and this capital had to pay dividends . As in Cyprus , the Tyrians and Sidonians looked mainly for copper , tin THE PHOENICIANS.
... economic nature , but that does not alter the foregoing conclusion . It cost money to equip the ships , and this capital had to pay dividends . As in Cyprus , the Tyrians and Sidonians looked mainly for copper , tin THE PHOENICIANS.
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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