The PhoeniciansMarshall Cavendish, 2002 - 80 sider This appealing series presents historically important cultures from the past ranging from the well-known ancient Greeks to the lesser-known Kingdom of Kush. Each volume examines both the political and the cultural history of an ancient culture. |
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Chapter | 6 |
Cultural History | 18 |
TRADERS CRAFTSPEOPLE SAILORS WRITERS | 24 |
Seafarers | 30 |
Carthage | 36 |
Beliefs and Society | 50 |
The Legacy of the Phoenicians | 60 |
Vanlige uttrykk og setninger
Adonis Alexander alphabet Anatolia ancient appears Arabic armies Assyrian Baal became Beirut believe bronze built burial Byblos called Canaanite Carthage Carthaginians carved century B.C.E. child Christians city-states coast colonies countries culture dead death deities destruction early East Egypt Egyptian empire especially famous follow goddess gods gold Greece Greek harbor hundred idea important iron island Israel Italy ivory king known land languages later learned Lebanese Lebanon Levant lived Mediterranean Melqart merchants mountains nature needed offerings palace Persian person Phoenician cities possibly practice produce Punic purple records religion remains Romans scholars ships Sidon skills sometimes soon started stone story temple things thousand took town trade trees turned Tyre Tyrians usually walls wood worship writing written young