Phoenicia

according Africa alphabet ancient antiquity appears Aradus Arrian Asia Assyria Astarte Athens Baal Babylon Berytus Boeotia Buccinum Byblus Cabiri Cadmus called Canaan Canaanites Carthage Carthaginians character cian Cilicia coast coins colony colour commerce conquest Cronus Cyprus deity derived Diod doubt Egypt Egyptian figure find fire first fish fleet Gades goddess Greece Greek harbour Hebrew Hercules Herod Herodotus Hiram identified influence inhabitants inscription island Israelites Ithobaal Jewish Jews Justin king land language Mediterranean mentioned Movers Murex nations native naval navigation nician northern origin Palestine Persian Phoe Phoeni Phoenician Phoenician language Plin Pliny possession probably Punic purple region reign river Roman sacrifice Sanchoniatho Scripture sea-coast settlement ships shore Sicily Sidon Sidonians siege signifies silver Solomon southern Spain Steph Strabo Straits supposed Syria Tarshish Tartessus temple tion town traces traditions tribes Tyre Tyrian Venus voyage western worship