The Phoenicians: The Purple Empire Of The Ancient World
Gerhard Herm
The Phoenicians were the great mariners of the ancient world, and their thalassocracy (maritime realm) was organized into city-states akin to the Greeks. It is important to understand there was never a country or empire called “Phoenicia.” A possible origin of the historical name for this Semitic/Canaanite culture might have come from the ancient Greek Φοινίκη (Phoiníkē) meaning “Purple Land.” That is because the Phoenicians were famous in their own time for their dark purple dye—a rare and prized commodity. Inhabitants of the Phoenician city-states along the Eastern Mediterranean coast (like Sidon and Tyre) might have called themselves Kenaani (Canaanites); or with appellations relating to their particular city-states (e.g. “Sidonians” or “Tyrians”).
年:
1975
出版社:
William Morrow and Company, Inc
语言:
english
页:
306
ISBN 10:
0688029086
ISBN 13:
9780688029081
文件:
PDF, 8.14 MB
IPFS:
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english, 1975