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Phoenicia (/ f ə ˈ n ɪ ʃ ə, f ə ˈ n iː ʃ ə /), or Phœnicia, was an ancient Semitic thalassocratic civilization originating in the coastal strip of the Levant region of the eastern Mediterranean, primarily located in modern Lebanon.
Phoenicia was an ancient Semitic-speaking thalassocratic civilization that originated in the Levant region of the eastern Mediterranean, primarily modern Lebanon. At its height between 1100 and 200 BC, Phoenician civilization spread across the Mediterranean, from Cyprus to the Iberian Peninsula.
Phoenice or Phoenike ( Greek: Φοινίκη) was an ancient Greek city in Epirus and capital of the Chaonians. [4] [5] It was also the location of the Treaty of Phoenice which ended the First Macedonian War, [6] as well as one of the wealthiest cities in Epirus until the Roman conquest. [7] .
Phoenicia was a civilization to the north of Canaan. that existed from 1200 to 900 BC. People from Phoenicia had their own language, Phoenician, which is the origin of most of the world's alphabets. Phoenicians set up colonies in the Mediterranean region and beyond. Carthage was one of them.
Jun 24, 2024 · Phoenicia, ancient region along the eastern Mediterranean corresponding to modern Lebanon, with adjoining parts of modern Syria and Israel. Its location among major trade routes made the Phoenicians notable merchants, traders, and colonizers.
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Phoenicie (frae the Greek: Φοινίκη, romanised: Foiníki, Phoiníkē; Arabic: فينيقية , Finiqyah) wis an auncient Semitic civilisation situate on the wastern coastal pairt o the Fertile Crescent, centred on the coastline o modren Lebanon an the Tartus Territory in Syrie.
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Mar 19, 2018 · Phoenicia was an ancient civilization composed of independent city-states located along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea stretching through what is now Syria, Lebanon and northern Israel.
