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 224
... territory , the Greek towns of Selinus , Heraclea , Minoa and Himera and large parts of Acragas . More important than this strategic failure , however , was the fact that the Carthaginians were now trying to learn from their mistakes ...
... territory , the Greek towns of Selinus , Heraclea , Minoa and Himera and large parts of Acragas . More important than this strategic failure , however , was the fact that the Carthaginians were now trying to learn from their mistakes ...
Page 231
... territory and almost conquered the Punic capital . That makes him the hero of his own turbulent story . Agathocles came from Syracuse . He began his career , in a typi- cally Syracusan way , as a political agitator . The ruling ...
... territory and almost conquered the Punic capital . That makes him the hero of his own turbulent story . Agathocles came from Syracuse . He began his career , in a typi- cally Syracusan way , as a political agitator . The ruling ...
Page 235
... territory and Punicize it . Basically the Carthaginians were still a small nomad race , who must be content with having a few secure places here and there in their vast territory which could offer shelter , protection , food and help to ...
... territory and Punicize it . Basically the Carthaginians were still a small nomad race , who must be content with having a few secure places here and there in their vast territory which could offer shelter , protection , food and help to ...
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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