Phoenecians Flashcards
1
Q
Maybe greek rendering of
A
canaanite
2
Q
Phoenecian Heartland
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Tyre, Byblos, Sidon, Carthage (punics) in Meditteranean (leveled by Romans) - Canaan- purple dye (pheonix too)
hired mercenaries to fight their wars
3
Q
sources
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sarcophagus of Ahiram, king of Byblos
bilingual (Luwian & Phoenician) at Karatepe
Philo of Byblos (2nd cent c.e.): Sanchuniathon…
Most descriptions come from west
4
Q
culture - agatha christie story
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By middle of 1st mil. B.C. pheonecian was used to describe any good trader from eastern Mediterranean
Assyrians let people keep some of their things, as long as the rest were given/worked to them
Tyre produced textiles, bronze objects, ivory and wood carvings
5
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no navigation instruments
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travel from island to island
