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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Observed surface forms (11)

Surface form Occurrences
Phoenicia 25
Phoenicians 25
Phoenician 5

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 (76)

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

Berytus → partOf → Phoenician civilization ⓘ
Motya → partOf → Phoenician civilization ⓘ
this entity surface form: Phoenician trade network
Sabratha → partOf → Phoenician civilization ⓘ
this entity surface form: Phoenician trading network
Phoenician religion → practicedBy → Phoenician civilization ⓘ
this entity surface form: Phoenicians
Phoenician religion → practicedIn → Phoenician civilization ⓘ
this entity surface form: Phoenicia
Phoenician language → primaryUsers → Phoenician civilization ⓘ
this entity surface form: Phoenicians
Baal → region → Phoenician civilization ⓘ
this entity surface form: Phoenicia
Phoenician language → region → Phoenician civilization ⓘ
this entity surface form: Phoenicia
Onomasticon → regionDescribed → Phoenician civilization ⓘ
this entity surface form: Phoenicia
Edomite → sharesFeaturesWith → Phoenician civilization ⓘ
this entity surface form: Phoenician
Northwest Semitic → spokenIn → Phoenician civilization ⓘ
this entity surface form: Phoenicia
Canaanites → subgroupIncludes → Phoenician civilization ⓘ
this entity surface form: Phoenicians
Neo-Assyrian expansion → targets → Phoenician civilization ⓘ
this entity surface form: Phoenician city-states
Syrian Wars → territorialDisputeOver → Phoenician civilization ⓘ
this entity surface form: Phoenicia
Antiochus III the Great → territorialExpansion → Phoenician civilization ⓘ
this entity surface form: Phoenicia
Seleucid Empire → territoryIncludes → Phoenician civilization ⓘ
this entity surface form: Phoenicia
Etruscans → tradedWith → Phoenician civilization ⓘ
this entity surface form: Phoenicians
Lixus → underControlOf → Phoenician civilization ⓘ
Lake of Tunis → usedBy → Phoenician civilization ⓘ
this entity surface form: Phoenicians
Mediterranean trade routes → usedBy → Phoenician civilization ⓘ
Phoenician alphabet → usedBy → Phoenician civilization ⓘ
this entity surface form: Phoenicians
Mediterranean Sea → wasCentralTo → Phoenician civilization ⓘ
Tripolitania → wasControlledBy → Phoenician civilization ⓘ
this entity surface form: Phoenicians
Anat → worshipRegion → Phoenician civilization ⓘ
this entity surface form: Phoenicia
Astarte → worshippedIn → Phoenician civilization ⓘ
this entity surface form: Phoenicia
Eshmun → worshippedIn → Phoenician civilization ⓘ
this entity surface form: Phoenicia