Phoenicia

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Phoenician ship at Sidon port

The rise and fall of the Phoenician civilization

Phoenician settlements and trade routes

Sarcophagus of Ahiram

Phoenician necklace

Phoenician writing

Phoenician ship

Phoenician colonization in the Mediterranean

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Phoenician settlements and trade routes

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Phoenician colonization in the Mediterranean

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Phoenician alphabet Phoenician Anatolia Sumer Canaan Babylonia Akkad Galilee Edom Judaea Chaldea Elam

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Beirut, Lebanon

Beirut

national capital, Lebanon

Tyre, Lebanon

Tyre

town and historical site, Lebanon

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ancient city, Lebanon

Sidon, Lebanon: Crusader castle

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Key People

Severus Alexander

Severus Alexander

Roman emperor

Ulpian

Roman jurist

Sanchuniathon

ancient Phoenician writer

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