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Phoenician goods have been found from Spain and Morocco to Russia and Iraq; much of what is known about Phoenician art is based on excavations outside Phoenicia proper. Phoenician art was highly influenced by many cultures, primarily Egypt, Greece, and Assyria.
Apr 28, 2016 · The Phoenicians were famed in antiquity for their ship-building skills, and they were credited with inventing the keel, the battering ram on the bow, and caulking between planks.
- Mark Cartwright
Jun 2, 2023 · Phoenician Astrology is an ancient astrological system developed by the Phoenician civilization, which was a maritime culture that flourished in the Mediterranean region from the 15th century BC until the 6th century BC.
3 days ago · Phoenicia, ancient region along the eastern coast of the Mediterranean that corresponds to modern Lebanon, with adjoining parts of modern Syria and Israel. Its location along major trade routes led its inhabitants, called Phoenicians, to become notable merchants, traders, and colonizers in the 1st millennium bce.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
According to ancient classical authors, the Phoenicians were a people who occupied the coast of the Levant (eastern Mediterranean). Their major cities were Tyre, Sidon, Byblos, and Arwad. All were fiercely independent, rival cities and, unlike the neighboring inland states, the Phoenicians represented a confederation of maritime traders rather ...
Together with Arados (modern Arvad or Ruad), the island town off the Syrian coast (Pls. Vol., pl. 129), these three issued the main Phoenician coinages during the fifth century. From these inscriptions and coins certain broad historical and cultural information may be gleaned.
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Jun 23, 2020 · It was Greek-speakers who named their illustrious predecessors Phoenician. We don’t know what these people called themselves, or if they identified with any group larger than their own city-state.
