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Phoenician ship at Sidon port
Phoenician settlements and trade routes
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Phoenician writing
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Phoenician colonization in the Mediterranean
The rise and fall of the Phoenician civilization
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Syrian Wars

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Israel
Israel
Syria
Syria
Lebanon
Lebanon
Beirut, Lebanon
Beirut
national capital, Lebanon
Tyre, Lebanon
Tyre
town and historical site, Lebanon
Obelisk Temple at Byblos, Lebanon
Byblos
ancient city, Lebanon
Sidon, Lebanon: Crusader castle
Sidon
Lebanon

Key People

Severus Alexander
Severus Alexander
Roman emperor
Ulpian
Roman jurist
Sanchuniathon
ancient Phoenician writer

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