Phoenician civilization

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Levantine culture Semitic culture ancient civilization maritime trading culture

The Phoenician civilization was an ancient maritime trading culture of the Levant, renowned for its seafaring, alphabet, and influential coastal city-states such as Tyre and Sidon.

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All labels observed (21)

Label Occurrences
Phoenicia 72
Phoenicians 59
Phoenician civilization canonical 27

Statements (80)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Levantine culture ⓘ
Semitic culture ⓘ
ancient civilization ⓘ
maritime trading culture ⓘ
approximateEndCenturyBC 2nd century BC ⓘ
approximateStartCenturyBC 12th century BC ⓘ
coreTerritory coastal Syria ⓘ
Lebanon ⓘ
surface form: modern Lebanon

Northern District, Israel ⓘ
surface form: northern Israel
culturalCenter Byblos ⓘ
Sidon ⓘ
Tyre ⓘ
culturalInfluenceRegion Iberian Peninsula ⓘ
North Africa ⓘ
Sardinia ⓘ
Sicily ⓘ
Western Mediterranean ⓘ
economyBasedOn craft production ⓘ
maritime trade ⓘ
purple dye production ⓘ
engagedIn colonization ⓘ
long-distance trade ⓘ
ethnicGroup Phoenician civilization self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Phoenicians
exported cedar wood ⓘ
glassware ⓘ
luxury goods ⓘ
metalwork ⓘ
purple dye ⓘ
fellUnderControlOf Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
Assyria ⓘ
surface form: Assyrian Empire

Neo-Babylonian Empire ⓘ
surface form: Babylonian Empire

Hellenistic kingdoms ⓘ
surface form: Macedonian Empire

Roman Republic ⓘ
hasCity Arwad ⓘ
Berytus ⓘ
Byblos ⓘ
Sidon ⓘ
Tyre ⓘ
hasColony Carthage ⓘ
Cadiz ⓘ
surface form: Gades

Lixus ⓘ
Malta ⓘ
Motya ⓘ
Utica ⓘ
hasLanguage Phoenician language ⓘ
hasPrimaryRegion Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
surface form: Levant
hasWritingSystem Phoenician alphabet ⓘ
imported grain ⓘ
ivory ⓘ
metals ⓘ
precious stones ⓘ
influenced Aramaic alphabet (historically) ⓘ
surface form: Aramaic alphabet

Greek alphabet ⓘ
Hebrew alphabet ⓘ
Latin alphabet ⓘ
Carthage ⓘ
surface form: Punic civilization
knownFor alphabetic writing ⓘ
cedar wood trade ⓘ
glass production ⓘ
navigation ⓘ
seafaring ⓘ
shipbuilding ⓘ
majorDeity Inanna ⓘ
surface form: Astarte

Baal ⓘ
Eshmun ⓘ
Baal ⓘ
surface form: Melqart
navalTechnology bireme ships ⓘ
trireme ships ⓘ
navigationMethod celestial navigation ⓘ
religion Phoenician religion ⓘ
sea Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
timePeriod Bronze Age ⓘ
Iron Age ⓘ
tradedWith Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ
surface form: Ancient Egypt

Greek Antiquity ⓘ
surface form: Ancient Greece

Assyria ⓘ
surface form: Assyrian Empire

Babylon ⓘ
surface form: Babylonian Empire

Hittite Empire ⓘ
usedScriptType abjad ⓘ

Referenced by (200)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mediterranean Sea → wasCentralTo → Phoenician civilization ⓘ
Hebrew → closelyRelatedTo → Phoenician civilization ⓘ
this entity surface form: Phoenician
Phoenician alphabet → developedBy → Phoenician civilization ⓘ
Phoenician alphabet → usedBy → Phoenician civilization ⓘ
this entity surface form: Phoenicians
Phoenician civilization → ethnicGroup → Phoenician civilization self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Phoenicians
Leptis Magna → foundedBy → Phoenician civilization ⓘ
this entity surface form: Phoenicians
Lebanon → historicalRegion → Phoenician civilization ⓘ
this entity surface form: Phoenicia
Alexander the Great → conquered → Phoenician civilization ⓘ
this entity surface form: Phoenicia
Tripoli → foundedBy → Phoenician civilization ⓘ
this entity surface form: Phoenicians
Canaan → associatedPeople → Phoenician civilization ⓘ
this entity surface form: Phoenicians
Archaeological Site of Carthage → foundedAsCityBy → Phoenician civilization ⓘ
this entity surface form: Phoenicians
Archaeological Site of Carthage → associatedWithCivilization → Phoenician civilization ⓘ
Dougga / Thugga → culture → Phoenician civilization ⓘ
subject surface form: Dougga
this entity surface form: Punic culture
Sabratha → foundedBy → Phoenician civilization ⓘ
this entity surface form: Phoenicians
Sabratha → partOf → Phoenician civilization ⓘ
this entity surface form: Phoenician trading network
Carthage → foundedBy → Phoenician civilization ⓘ
this entity surface form: Phoenicians
Moabite → closelyRelatedTo → Phoenician civilization ⓘ
this entity surface form: Phoenician
Northwest Semitic → hasMember → Phoenician civilization ⓘ
this entity surface form: Phoenician
Northwest Semitic → spokenIn → Phoenician civilization ⓘ
this entity surface form: Phoenicia
National Museum of Beirut → mainCollectionPeriod → Phoenician civilization ⓘ
this entity surface form: Phoenician period
Pyrgi Tablets → associatedCulture → Phoenician civilization ⓘ
Edomite → sharesFeaturesWith → Phoenician civilization ⓘ
this entity surface form: Phoenician
Sardinians → historicalInfluence → Phoenician civilization ⓘ
this entity surface form: Phoenician colonization
Cadiz → foundedBy → Phoenician civilization ⓘ
subject surface form: Cádiz
this entity surface form: Phoenicians
Byblos → locatedIn → Phoenician civilization ⓘ
this entity surface form: Phoenicia
Tyre → locatedIn → Phoenician civilization ⓘ
this entity surface form: Phoenicia
Tyre → ancientCulture → Phoenician civilization ⓘ
Tyre → foundedBy → Phoenician civilization ⓘ
this entity surface form: Phoenicians
Sidon → locatedIn → Phoenician civilization ⓘ
this entity surface form: Phoenicia
Sidon → culture → Phoenician civilization ⓘ
this entity surface form: Phoenician culture
Tripolitania → wasControlledBy → Phoenician civilization ⓘ
this entity surface form: Phoenicians
Etruscans → influencedBy → Phoenician civilization ⓘ
Etruscans → tradedWith → Phoenician civilization ⓘ
this entity surface form: Phoenicians
Ammonite → closeTo → Phoenician civilization ⓘ
this entity surface form: Phoenician
Málaga → foundedBy → Phoenician civilization ⓘ
this entity surface form: Phoenicians
Donations of Alexandria → awardedTerritory → Phoenician civilization ⓘ
this entity surface form: Phoenicia
Phoenician language → region → Phoenician civilization ⓘ
this entity surface form: Phoenicia
Phoenician language → primaryUsers → Phoenician civilization ⓘ
this entity surface form: Phoenicians
Phoenician religion → practicedBy → Phoenician civilization ⓘ
this entity surface form: Phoenicians
Phoenician religion → practicedIn → Phoenician civilization ⓘ
this entity surface form: Phoenicia
Baal → region → Phoenician civilization ⓘ
this entity surface form: Phoenicia
Eshmun → worshippedIn → Phoenician civilization ⓘ
this entity surface form: Phoenicia
Great Zimbabwe → misattributedOriginInColonialPeriod → Phoenician civilization ⓘ
this entity surface form: Phoenicians
Ancient Mediterranean world → hasPart → Phoenician civilization ⓘ
this entity surface form: Phoenicia
Berytus → locatedIn → Phoenician civilization ⓘ
this entity surface form: Phoenicia
Berytus → partOf → Phoenician civilization ⓘ
Berytus → foundedBy → Phoenician civilization ⓘ
this entity surface form: Phoenicians
Motya → civilization → Phoenician civilization ⓘ
Motya → foundedBy → Phoenician civilization ⓘ
this entity surface form: Phoenicians
Motya → partOf → Phoenician civilization ⓘ
this entity surface form: Phoenician trade network