Phoenicians

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The word alphabet comes from the first two letters of the Greek alphabet: alpha and beta. It was first used, in its Latin form, alphabetum, by Tertullian during the 2nd–3rd century CE and by St. Jerome.

noun. an ancient maritime country extending from the Mediterranean Sea to the Lebanon Mountains, now occupied by the coastal regions of Lebanon and parts of Syria and Israel: consisted of a group of city-states, at their height between about 1200 and 1000 bc, that were leading traders of the ancient world.

The Phoenician religion was polytheistic, and their gods required sacrifices to forestall disaster, especially Baal, the God of Storms, and his consort Tanit.

Lebanese, regardless of the region or religion sect, are predominantly native Levantine rather than Arab ancestrally. Recent studies show that the majority of the Lebanese people’s genetic makeup today is shared with that of Phoenician and Canaanite peoples native to the area, the ancestors of the Lebanese people.

Overview of the Phoenicians. Phoenicia, ancient region corresponding to modern Lebanon, with adjoining parts of modern Syria and Israel. Its inhabitants, the Phoenicians, were notable merchants, traders, and colonizers of the Mediterranean in the 1st millennium bce.

Phoenician (/fəˈniːʃən/ fə-NEE-shən) is an extinct Canaanite Semitic language originally spoken in the region surrounding the cities of Tyre and Sidon….Phoenician language.

Cyrus the Great of Persia conquered Phoenicia in 539 BCE, and divided Phoenicia into four vassal kingdoms: Sidon, Tyre, Arwad, and Byblos. Alexander the Great conquered Phoenicia beginning with Tyre in 332 BCE.

Ancient Rome might best be known for its use of slaves, but the Phoenicians were the true masters in the slave trade. First, the Phoenicians were highly skilled kidnappers. People with debt were also sold into slavery. There was no shortage of slaves, just as there was no shortage in the need to own them.

During the time of the Phoenicians, powdered metals, such as gold dust were used on the face and eyelids to identify the wealthy men and women of the culture. During the 18th-century women’s eye makeup consisted of mineral powders, while cheek and lip color came from sticky ‘rouge’ made of waxes and pigments.