The history of Phoenicia / Josette Elayi ; translated from the French by Andrew Plummer.
| Author/creator | Elayi, Josette author. |
| Other author | Plummer, Andrew, translator. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Atlanta, GA : Lockwood Press, 2018. |
| Copyright Date | ©2018 |
| Description | x, 314 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm |
| Subjects |
| Uniform title | Histoire de la Phénicie. English |
| Partial contents | Part One: Phoenicia Before 1200 -- Part Two: The Period of Phoenicia's Independence (1200-883) -- Part Three: Phoenicia Under Assyrian Domination (883-610) -- Part Four: Phoenic Under Babylonian Domination (610-539) -- Part Five: Phoenicia Under Persian Domination (539-332). |
| Summary | The history of the Phoenicians, explorers and merchants, is little known. What a paradox for this ingenious people, who invented the alphabet, to have left so few written traces of their existence. Their literature, recorded on papyrus, has disappeared. And yet this civilization fired the imagination of its contemporaries - the Jews in particular - inspiring terror among the Romans and Greeks, who depicted them as a cruel people who practiced human sacrifice. Their clients were the pharaohs and the Assyrians, their ships criss-crossed the Mediterranean, laden with the luxuries of the day such as wine, oil, grain, and mineral ore. Buried beneath the modern cities of Lebanon, and a few of Syria and Israel, ancient Phoenicia has resuscitated in this volume. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-304) and index. |
| Genre/form | History. |
| ISBN | 193704081X (paperback) |
| ISBN | 9781937040819 (paperback) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Joyner | General Stacks | DS81 .E5313 2018 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |