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Did the Phoenicians Introduce the Idea of Interest to Greece and ...  Mar 15, 1992 ... Yet signs of commercial debts and interest are not found among the ... most important economic dynamic, giving Greece and Rome their ... slate of some popular but false assumptions, I propose to fill the gap with a ..... The city whose debt history is best attested is Athens, but even here there are many gaps.
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History of Lebanon - Wikipedia  The history of Lebanon covers the history of the modern Republic of Lebanon and the earlier ... After the gradual decline of their strength, the Phoenician city-states on the ... period, but the Lebanese coast became important for its contacts and trades .... Bashir II was not a forgiving man and repressed the Druze rebellion,...
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The Heirs of Odysseus, 800 BC550 BC - The Great Sea: A Human ...  The Heirs of Odysseus, 800 BC550 BC - The Second Mediterranean, 1000 ... early Greeks possessed as powerful a sense of identity as the Phoenicians is far from clear. .... In one of the most famous passages in the Odyssey, Homer described the ... not just a Renaissance in their own lands of origin, but vibrant city-based...
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Greeks, Phoenicians and the Western Mediterranean: 800480 BC ...  And there were a lot more ordinary men around in 500 BC than in 800 BC: the .... From the mid-seventh century BC Greek sanctuaries began to fill up with statues of .... not a permanent Phoenician settlement, but rather a watering and trading post, .... the Phoenicians directed their attentions towards Spain and North Africa.
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Phoenician Colonies - A Bequest Unearthed, Phoenicia  The Phoenicians were not looking for land to settle but for anchorages and ... large colonies as the Greeks did, and few of their settlements grew to any size. ... the earliest known Phoenician trading post in Spain) to 1110 BC, Utica (Utique) to ... BC some Greek cities in Sicily attempted to drive the Phoenicians from Motya...
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Phoenicia - Wikipedia  Phoenicia was an ancient Semitic thalassocratic civilization of an unknown origin situated on ... The Phoenician alphabet is generally held to be one of the major ancestors of .... Byblos is attested as an archaeological site from the Early Bronze Age. ... made in the area of the modern port of Huelva, the ancient city of Onoba.
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Sicily - Ancient History Encyclopedia  May 29, 2014 ... The Mediterranean island of Sicily, with its natural resources and strategic position on ancient trading routes, aroused the intense interest of successive. ... and he moved his capital to Syracuse which had originally been founded as a .... by various ancient Greek city-states from the 8th to 5th centuries BCE.
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Carthage | ancient city, Tunisia | Britannica.com  Jun 19, 2015 ... According to tradition, Carthage was founded by the Phoenicians of. ... founded by the Phoenicians of Tyre in 814 bce; its Phoenician name ... The site chosen for Carthage in the centre of the shore of the Gulf of Tunis was ideal; the city was .... by the Phoenicians on the north coast of Africa in about 800 BC.
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List of Phoenician cities - Wikipedia  List of Phoenician city-states and colonies[edit]. This is a list of cities of Phoenicia proper, modern-day Lebanon, coastal Syria and northern Israel/Palestine and those cities founded or developed by the Phoenicians in ... Libya[edit] ... as Gades - earliest Phoenician settlement in Spain; Cartagena - the capital city founded by...
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Punic Wars - Crystalinks  The Romans were initially interested in expansion via Sicily (which at that time was a ... The Roman victories over Carthage in these wars gave Rome a preeminent ... Founded by the Phoenicians in the mid-9th century BC, it was a powerful ... The conflict was called the "Punic War" because Rome's name for Carthaginians...
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Elmarco's Web -- Ancient Cultures of the Great Sea  The ancient Greeks were active seafarers seeking opportunities for trade and ..... We will never know if he could have ruled or unified this huge empire; but his death ... the main sources of the legendary wealth of King Croesus, whose name then .... The inhabitants of the principal Phoenician cities of Byblos, Sidon, and Tyre...
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Phoenicia - Wikipedia  Phoenicia was an ancient Semitic thalassocratic civilization of an unknown origin situated on the western, coastal part of the Fertile Crescent and centred on the coastline of what is now Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, Palestine, and Syria, ... Their civilization was organized in city-states, similar to Ancient Greece, perhaps the most...
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Phoenicia - Ancient History Encyclopedia  Sep 2, 2009 ... Phoenicia was an ancient civilization composed of independent city-states ... The Phoenician alphabet is the basis for most western languages written today ... The Phoenicians were primarily known as sailors who had developed a high level ... at Byblos where the design of the curved hull was first initiated.
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Phoenician Civilization - New World Encyclopedia  Apr 26, 2015 ... 1 Origins; 2 The cultural and economic "empire"; 3 Phoenician trade ... the modern peoples carry the same ancient Phoenician genetic material. .... describes the dye they were especially famous for, and their port town Tyre. ..... Because of its papyri, Byblos was also the source of the Greek word for book...
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Geography of Phoenicia Canaan - A Bequest Unearthed, Phoenicia  Berytus, on the other hand, became the seat of the most famous provincial school ... One of the ancient Phoenician cities on the Mediterranean coast, was founded ... The name Byblos is Greek; papyrus received its early Greek name (byblos,...
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History of the Jews in Spain - Wikipedia  Spanish Jews once constituted one of the largest and most prosperous Jewish communities in the world. This period ended definitively with the anti-Jewish riots of 1392 and Alhambra decree of 1492, as a result of which the majority of Jews in Spain (between 200,000 ..... In AD 694, at the council of Toledo, Jews were condemned to slavery by the...
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Phoenicia, Phoenician Wars - A Bequest Unearthed, Phoenicia  He fought against the Olcades and captured their capital, Althaea; quelled the Vaccaei ... In the treaty between Rome and Carthage subsequent to the First Punic War ... a force under Hanno to cross farther upstream and attack them in the rear.
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Phoenician Colonies - A Bequest Unearthed, Phoenicia  Material evidence of Phoenician occupation in the 8th century BC comes from .... founded on the north coast of Africa by the Phoenicians of Tyre in 814 BC. ... for Carthage in the centre of the shore of the Gulf of Tunis was ideal: the city was...
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MSA CULTURAL TOURS - Anadlusia  Whatever it's meaning, the name is still applied today to the south of Spain ... The Algarve was once part of the Roman province of Lusitnia, later part of the Visigothic Kingdom. ... Believed to be the oldest city in Western Europe Cadiz-like sardines ... Named Gadir by the Phoenicians, who founded the site around 1100 BC,...
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Carthage - The Roman Empire  However, it is beyond doubt that Phoenician settlements in the west were established at ... Phoenician trade is believed to have drawn metals from all across Spain, ... The date of the foundation of the city of Kart Hadasht, or Carthage as we ..... just dealt Rome it's greatest defeat in the war, were both relived of their positions.
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The Phoenicians - World History International  The Phoenicians supplied the great Persian fleets with which Darius and ... Usually they submitted readily to foreign conquerors and paid tribute. ... Additionally there is a thirteenth-century B.C. letter from the king of Tyre to ..... When Alexander dismounts, according to Plutarch (6.5), Philip embraces him ...... AD 300-634).