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What are some Facts about the Phoenicians

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Phoenicians are where we get our alphabet, Phoenicians did trading and stood firm, the Phoenicians set sail on seas and built ships with ease, and sailed from Sidon to Sicily.

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Phoenicia was an ancient civilization composed of independent city-states located along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea stretching through what is now Syria, Lebanon and northern Israel.


People have been living in a Phoenician city (Byblos) for over 7000 years, making it the oldest inhabited city.


Phoenicians invented the alphabet, or, the alphabet we use today.

They also invented the number 0 (zero)

Not only that, they invented numbers too (Roman numerals)


There's proof that the Phoenicians were in modern-day america before Christopher Columbus


They also brought the color purple into the world, it was very expensive to make purple, which is why we associate the color with royalty.


The main cities of Phoenicia are located in Lebanon


The Phoenicians invented glass manufacturing, the glass workers invented glass blowing skills


And they developed open-sea navigation




Hope this helps but there's always more ^-^

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