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The Phoenicians were an ancient Semitic group of people who lived in the Phoenician city-states along a coastal strip in the Levant region of the eastern Mediterranean, primarily modern Lebanon. [5]
Phoenicia, ancient region along the eastern Mediterranean corresponding to modern Lebanon, with adjoining parts of modern Syria and Israel. Its location among major trade routes made the Phoenicians notable merchants, traders, and colonizers.
Phoenicia was an ancient civilization composed of independent city-states located along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea stretching through what is now Syria, Lebanon and northern Israel. The Phoenicians were a great maritime people, known for their mighty ships adorned with horses' heads in honor of their god of the sea, Yamm , the brother ...
June 23, 2024 answer of Modern Day Phoenicia clue in NYT Crossword Puzzle. There is One Answer total, Lebanon is the most recent and it has 7 letters.
Corresponding to modern Lebanon, with adjoining parts of Syria and Israel, its chief cities were Sidon, Tyre, and Berot (modern Beirut). The Phoenicians were notable merchants, traders, and colonizers (see Carthage) of the Mediterranean region in the 1st millennium bc.
Phoenicia itself was a relatively small area centered around the coastal city of Tyre, in modern-day Lebanon. However, the Phoenician trading network extended from the Fertile Crescent in the east, through the islands of the Mediterranean, and as far as the British Isles in the west.
It was the Greeks who named the Mediterranean civilization Phoenicia (Φοινίκη) in the Late Bronze Age (1500-1200 BC). It was located in modern-day Lebanon and locals called their land Canaan and themselves Canaanites.
Phoenicia was an ancient Semitic-speaking thalassocratic civilization that originated in the Levant region of the eastern Mediterranean, primarily modern Lebanon. [1][2] At its height between 1100 and 200 BC, Phoenician civilization spread across the Mediterranean, from Cyprus to the Iberian Peninsula.
The Phoenicians, originating from the region of modern-day Lebanon, were renowned for their prowess as skilled maritime traders and naval fighters. Their historical significance extends beyond commerce, as they introduced the earliest form of the alphabet to the ancient world.
A fairly small group of traders and merchants known as the Phoenicians created the foundation for the modern English alphabet and other alphabets. They organized a system of 22 consonants into what became the alphabet used not only by English speakers, but by speakers of many of the world's languages.