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Phoenician ship at Sidon port
The rise and fall of the Phoenician civilization
Map of the Mediterranean region showing ancient Phoenicia along the eastern coast, its colonies across North Africa, Spain, and islands such as Cyprus, Sardinia, and Sicily, as well as major Phoenician cities. Red arrows trace Phoenician trade routes connecting settlements from the Levant to the western Mediterranean and Atlantic coasts. Areas of Phoenician settlement are shaded in green. Sarcophagus of Ahiram Phoenician necklace Basalt relief stele of King Kilamuwa from Sam'al, Turkey, showing a robed figure beside lines of Phoenician script and an ornate symbol above the text. Phoenician ship Map of the Mediterranean region highlighting locations of Phoenician colonization, with major ancient settlements and colonies labeled along the coasts of present-day Spain, North Africa, Sicily, Sardinia, and the Levant. The map also shows surrounding regions and bodies of water, including the Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea, and Atlantic Ocean.
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Three flint axes from the stone age. (prehistoric, tools, early humans, culture, archaeology, implements)
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Tomb of Mohammed Bin Ali, Salalah, Oman.
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Phoenicia: References & Edit History

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Add new Web site: Historyworld - History of Palestine and Phoenicia. Aug 11, 2026
Add new Web site: Heritage History - The Land. Oct 10, 2025
Added Top Questions. Aug 11, 2025
Add new Web site: Brigham Young University - ScholarsArchive - The Phoenicians and the Formation of the Western World (PDF). Jul 19, 2025
Add new Web site: Harvard University Press - Phoenicians and the Making of the Mediterranean (PDF). May 22, 2025
Add new Web site: Academia - Phoenicia, Phoenicians. Oct 30, 2024
Add new Web site: JewishEncyclopedia.com - Phenicia. Aug 10, 2023
Add new Web site: McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia - Phoenicia. Jun 30, 2023
Revised the discussion of what the Phoenicians called themselves and the discussion of their religious practices. Jan 27, 2022
Corrected display issue. Jan 30, 2019
Add new Web site: The Met - The Phoenicians (1500–300 B.C.). Jul 06, 2016
Added video. Dec 17, 2014
Add new Web site: The British Museum - Phoenicia. Sep 12, 2013
Add new Web site: Jewish Virtual Library - Phoenicia. Sep 12, 2013
Add new Web site: The Met - The Phoenicians (1500–300 B.C.). Sep 12, 2013
Add new Web site: The Catholic Encyclopedia - Ph�nicia. Aug 18, 2010
Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - History - Phoenicia. Oct 17, 2008
Added new Web site: International World History Project - The Phoenician. Aug 03, 2006
Article revised. Jan 25, 1999
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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