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/Home/Historical Studies/History/Ancient Civilizations/Middle East/Phoenicians History Essay 64: The Phoenicians Votes:0 The Phoenicians: Great Seafarers, and More ~~ Paul V. Hartman ~~ T he Phoenicians occupied the southern shore of the Mediterannean of what is now Lebanon, Syria, and Israel. Their principal cities were Tyre and Sidon. The golden age was between 1200 BC and 800 BC, although excavations reveal a history that goes back to at least 2800 BC. Their legendary seafaring carried them as far as the "Tin Isles" in the north (Britain), to the lower western coast of Africa to the south, some claims having them rounding Africa to reach the East Indies. During this time they established many colonies such as Carthage and Syracuse. A Cannanite people, they worshipped fertility gods and godesses, chief of which was Bael (or Baal), a god which required the sacrifice of first borns, whether animal or human. Read More Go to Site Phoenician Encyclopedia: A Bequest Unearthed, Phoenicia and the Phoenicians, Punic, Canaanites -- Encyclopedia Phoeniciana Votes:0 A Bequest Unearthed, Phoenicia, Encyclopedia Phoeniciana World's largest web compilation of Phoenician resources & studies -- 1,200 pages with more than one million visitors per year and referenced by 80,000 in-coming links. 2006 Bronze Award Phoenicia or Web Send Phoenicia link: Home Who We Are Virtual Center for Phoenician Studies Contact Correspondence & Links Am I Phoenician? Letters to Editor Related Links Vox Populi Summary or Preface History Archaeology Attire Controversy Alphabet Controversy Ahirom's Century Charlemagne Child Sacrifice Hebrews Did Not Invent Alphabet Jefferson, President Pillage of Treasures Plato and Kings of Atlantis Non-Greek Origins Stealing the Heritage Tension (Historic) Government History Inscription World Inscriptions Quinta Money Origins Amorites Anthropol Read More Go to Site The Ancient Phoenicians Votes:0 The Lebanese-American Association. The Ancient Phoenicians {~Back to the Previous Page~ The Phoenicians : W e go back to the long and often turbulent history of Lebanon 3,500 years ago, back to the dawn of civilisation. Its earliest settlers were the Phoenicians. They established great cities at Beirut, Byblos, Tyre, Sidon, and Baalbek and spread their 22-letter Phoenician alphabet throughout the eastern of the mediterranean sea . C anaanites settled the coast of what is now called Lebanon and established independent trading cities around 3,000 B.C. Phoenicia is a Greek term applied to the coast of Lebanon. Because the location at the intersection of land and sea routes linking the ancient world, Phoenicia became famous as a commercial center. Phoenicians discovered and used the North Star Read More Go to Site

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