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Phoenicians: Lebanon's Epic Heritage

by: Sanford Holst

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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 939.44
EAN: 9781887263306
ISBN: 1887263306
Label: Cambridge & Boston Press
Manufacturer: Cambridge & Boston Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 392
Publication Date: December 01, 2005
Publisher: Cambridge & Boston Press
Sales Rank: 321007
Studio: Cambridge & Boston Press



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This is the most complete history of the Phoenicians to date, including new research contributed by leading scholars of the Mediterranean. The Phoenicians of Lebanon became masters of rich sea trade, brought us the alphabet, purple cloth, Carthage and Hannibal. That much everyone knows. But there was much more to their story. Their cities of Tyre, Sidon, Beirut, and Byblos were intimately involved with the Greeks, Romans and Egyptians in many of the epic events of the Mediterranean. Egyptian records show Phoenician cedar being brought to the Nile while the Great Pyramid was being built. These sea-traders supplied the Minoans on Crete, and competed with the Mycenaeans of Greece. Phoenician cities survived the Sea Peoples' destruction, then spread westward to plant colonies as far as Spain and Morocco. Their great colony at Carthage became a metropolis of over 500,000 people. Yet their lands in Lebanon fell to Alexander the Great, and Carthage fell to the early Romans in fiery battles. The author presents detailed research and sources behind this work in on-going academic papers. This book is a more readable form of that information, freshened with many maps and pictures. It shows the Phoenicians as resourceful people who emerged from the cedars of Lebanon, experienced the desperation of numerous defeats and the euphoria of many triumphs, and whose descendants and accomplishments still live today. Sanford Holst is widely regarded as one of the leading experts on the Phoenician people. Antoine Khoury Harb is a highly respected professor of history and archaeology in Lebanon.



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Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - A fascinating narrative
Sanford Holst has created a fascinating, accessible, and intriguing narrative of the Pheonicians. ... Read More


Rating: 2 out of 5 stars - Drama-mentory
This is more in the vein of Sharon Kay Penman's triology (Here Be Dragons et al) of early Wales/England. ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Politically Correct History
This is a very good introduction to the ancient society called Phoenician; for those who have not studied ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Fantastic!
After reading Sanford Holst's book, I went to Greece to get my own experiences with the world he described. ... Read More


Rating: 1 out of 5 stars - This is NOT a scholarly/historical work, but a quasi-fictional idealization of the Phoenicians
I bought this book believing that it was a scholarly (or at least solidly written) account of the history of ... Read More

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