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Table of Contents
History: a civilization of city-states: Canaanite heritage
Sea peoples
Rise of the Phoenician cities
Tyre, the jewel of cities
Phoenicians abroad
Armies from the east
And then the Greeks
Carthage
Carthage versus Rome
Cultural history: traders, craftspeople, sailors, writers: Phoenician arts
Purple of Tyre and cedar of Lebanon
Builders
Seafarers
First alphabet
But where are the Phoenician writers?
Carthage
Another loss
Belief system: the family of gods: Gods and goddesses
Larger family of deities
Temples and high places
Sacrifice
Death and the afterlife
Carthaginians
Beliefs and society: old stories, and some new ideas: Baal and Adonis
Phoenician gods in Israel
Child sacrifice, true or not?
How the Greeks viewed the Phoenicians
Legacy of the Phoenicians: Phoenicians in the modern world: Echoes from ancient times
Today's "Phoenicians"
"Phoenicia" today
The Phoenicians: a time line
Glossary.
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references and (p. 77) index.
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