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- An ancient maritime country of southwest Asia consisting of city-states along the eastern Mediterranean Sea in present-day Syria and Lebanon. Its people became the foremost navigators and traders of the Mediterranean by 1250 BC and established numerous colonies, including Carthage in northern Africa. The Phoenicians traveled to the edges of the known world at the time and introduced their alphabet, based on symbols for sounds rather than cuneiform or hieroglyphic representations, to the Greeks and other early peoples. Phoenicia's culture was gradually absorbed by Persian and later Hellenistic civilizations.
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- proper noun the land of
city states of thePhoenicians which around 1000 BC was situated on the coast of present daySyria andLebanon , and included the cities ofTyre andSidon . - proper noun the
trading empire of the Phoenicians which spread across most of the easternMediterranean Sea as far west asSicily .
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- noun an ancient maritime country (a collection of city states) at eastern end of the Mediterranean
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The international archaeological community should render every assistance possible to preserve this unique site for future scientic investigation.www. makedonijaese.com phoenicia. org Phoenician founder of Thebes and brother of Europa taught the the Greeks the alphabet, which he had brought from Phoenicia.
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Baalath, &c. There was a river "Belus," in Phoenicia Proper.] [Footnote 5181: Gesenius, _Monumenta Phoenicia_, pp. 311, 312.] [Footnote 5182: Ibid.p. 311.] [Footnote 5183: I.e. towards the north-east, in the Propontis and the
History of Phoenicia George Rawlinson 1857
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Pericles, the young Prince (ruler) of Tyre in Phoenicia (Lebanon), hears the riddle, and instantly understands its meaning: Antiochus is engaged in an incestuous relationship with his daughter.
Archive 2009-03-01 Jonathan Aquino 2009
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Pericles, the young Prince (ruler) of Tyre in Phoenicia (Lebanon), hears the riddle, and instantly understands its meaning: Antiochus is engaged in an incestuous relationship with his daughter.
Capsule Summaries of the Great Books of the Western World Jonathan Aquino 2009
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Among the highlights, a silver didrachm from Akragas (lot #9) brought $630 against a pre-auction estimate of $300 while a silver shekel from Byblos in Phoenicia (Lot 50) estimated at $750 brought $1050.
The ACCG Benefit Auction nets $45,811 in active bidding. : Coin Collecting News 2008
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Snow asked, “Did you call Phoenicia last night, Nick?”
The Big Scam Paul Lindsay 2005
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The word Phoenicia, which occurs twice in the New Testament -- (Acts 11: 19; 15: 3) -- is in all probability derived from the Greek word for a palm.
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But while the name Phoenicia is applied geographically to this long extent -- nearly 400 miles -- of coast-line, historically and ethnically it has to be reduced within considerably narrower limits.
History of Phoenicia George Rawlinson 1857
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