Phoenicia: Culture, History, Origin and Literature


	Phoenicia: Culture, History, Origin and Literature

invictus

6-11-2006 9:19 AM

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phoenicia, phoenicians, ugarits, semitic tribes, ancient history, culture, ancient neareast

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A brief summary on the ethnical origin, history, religion, language and literature of the Phoenicians; the mysterious people of the Ancient Neareast.

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6-11-2006 10:27 AM

brazilnut72

Very interesting.

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