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Category: Geography & Travel
Major Events:
Syrian Wars
Key People:
Severus Alexander
Ulpian
Sanchuniathon
Related Topics:
Phoenician alphabet
Phoenician
Related Places:
Israel
Syria
Lebanon
Beirut
Tyre
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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 chief cities of Phoenicia (excluding colonies) included Byblos, Sidon, Tyre, and Berot (modern Beirut). The designation of “Phoenician” (Greek: Phoinix) is not known to have a reflex native to the Phoenicians. They typically identified themselves by their city-states, and it is uncertain whether or when they ever considered themselves a common people. The ...(100 of 719 words)

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