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Phoenicia

The Phoenicians were an ancient Semitic-speaking people who inhabited city-states in Canaan along the Levantine coast of the eastern Mediterranean, primarily in present-day Lebanon. Their maritime civilization expanded and contracted over time, with its cultural core stretching from Arwad to Mount Carmel.

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Capital
None; dominant cities were Byblos, Sidon, and Tyre
Common languages
Phoenician
Demonym
Phoenicians
Government
City-states ruled by kings, with varying degrees of oligarchy or plutocracy; oligarchic republic in Carthage after c. 480 BC
Historical era
Archaic period to Classical antiquity
Religion
Canaanite religion

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Phoenicia

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Edges290
Triples652
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.006873
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related to Further reading · 87
Phoenicia → AD, Aicha Ben Abed, Ancient Tunisia, Andrew, Ben Khader, Books, Brazilian, Brill, Byblos, Cambridge, Canaanite Myth, Carayon, Carthage, Cioffi, Collection Histoire, Colour, Cross, David, Diógenes Henrique Carvalho Veras, England
related to Important cities and colonies · 38
Phoenicia → Amia, Ampi, Arqa, Atlantic, Baalbek, Balearic Islands, BC, Beirut, Beiruta, Botrys, British Isles, Byblos, Canary Islands, Cyprus, From, Gibraltar, However, Iberia, Later, Levant
related to Foundation of Carthage · 34
Phoenicia → Balearic Islands, BC, Carthage, Colonia Iulia Concordia Carthago, FreeSans, Greek, However, Iberia, It, Julius Caesar, Legend, Malta, New City, North Africa, Noto Sans Phoenician, Philistos, Phoenicians, Punic, Punic Wars, Qart-Ḥadašt
related to Origins · 34
Phoenicia → AD, Arad, Bahrain, BC, BC Greek, Canaanite, Canaanite-related, Canaanites, Circum-Arabian Nomadic Pastoral Complex, Dilmun, Erythraean Sea, Ghassulian, Harifian, Herodotus, However, Lebanese, Levant, Muharraq, Natufian, Neolithic Revolution
related to Autosomal DNA · 27
Phoenicia → According, American Journal, Anatolians, Britain, Bronze Age, Canaanite, Canaanite-related, Canaanites, Chris Tyler-Smith, DNA, Eurasian, Europeans, Hellenistic, Human Genetics, In, Iron Age, Lebanese, Lebanon, Levant, More
related to Haplogroups · 26
Phoenicia → Another, Byrsa, Caucasus Mountains, Cyprus, DNA, Haplogroup J-M172, Iberia, Ibiza, In, J2, Lebanon, Levant, Maghreb, Mesopotamia, Morocco, Phoenician, Phoenician Periphery, Phoenicians, Pierre Zalloua, Punic
related to Emergence during the Late Bronze Age (1479–1200 BC) · 25
Phoenicia → Afghanistan, Arwad, BC, Beirut, By, Byblos, Egypt, Egyptian, Egyptians, Fenekhu, Kabir, Lebanon, Mesopotamian, Nahr, Orontes, Pharaoh Thutmose III, Phoenician, Phoenicians, Sidon, The
related to Etymology · 25
Phoenicia → Albright, BC, Being, Canaanites, Chaire, Furthermore, Gadara, Greek, Hail, Honeyman, If, Krahmalkov, Meleager, Naidius, Phoenician, Phoenicians, Pūt, Salam, Sidon, Sidonian
related to Art · 24
Phoenicia → Assyria, BC, Bronze Age, Egypt, Egyptian, Greece, Greek, Hecabe, In, Iraq, Iron Age, Jerusalem, Large, Morocco, Old Testament, Phoenician, Priam's, Russia, Sidonian, Solomon's Temple
related to Persian period (539–332 BC) · 24
Phoenicia → Achaemenid Empire, Arwad, As Cyrus, Babylon, BC, Byblos, Cyrus, Egypt, Great, In, Levant, Libya, Local Phoenician, Most, Near East, Persian, Persian Achaemenid Empire, Persians, Phoenician, Phoenicians

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phoenician bc phoenicians tyre sidon century mediterranean bronze byblos city-states age carthage cities greek trade levant canaanites ancient city punic

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PhoeniciaCapitalNone; dominant cities were Byblos, Sidon, and Tyre1.00infobox
PhoeniciaCommon languagesPhoenician1.00infobox
PhoeniciaDemonymPhoenicians1.00infobox
PhoeniciaGovernmentCity-states ruled by kings, with varying degrees of oligarchy or plutocracy; oligarchic republic in Carthage after c. 480 BC1.00infobox
PhoeniciaHistorical eraArchaic period to Classical antiquity1.00infobox
PhoeniciaReligionCanaanite religion1.00infobox
Phoenicia• 820–774 BCPygmalion of Tyre1.00infobox
Phoenicia• 969–936 BCHiram I1.00infobox
Phoenicia• c. 1800 BCAbishemu I1.00infobox
Phoenicia• Carthage founded (in Roman accounts by Dido)814 BC1.00infobox
Phoenicia• Established2000 BC1.00infobox
Phoenicia• Roman annexation64 BC1.00infobox
Phoenicia• Tyre becomes dominant city-state under the reign of Hiram I969 BC1.00infobox
Phoeniciais aGreek exonym that did not correspond to a unified native identity0.90text

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