Phoenician civilization

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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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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

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Temple of the Obelisks partOf Phoenician civilization
this entity surface form: Phoenician heritage of Lebanon
Tyrian purple originatedIn Phoenician civilization
this entity surface form: Phoenicia
Tyrian purple developedBy Phoenician civilization
this entity surface form: Phoenicians
Al-Bass archaeological site hasArchaeologicalCulture Phoenician civilization
this entity surface form: Phoenician
Temple of Baalat Gebal associatedWith Phoenician civilization
this entity surface form: Phoenicians
Al-Mina archaeological site associatedWith Phoenician civilization
this entity surface form: Phoenicians
Phocaea tradedWith Phoenician civilization
this entity surface form: Phoenicians
Oea foundedBy Phoenician civilization
this entity surface form: Phoenicians
Temple of Eshmun locatedIn Phoenician civilization
this entity surface form: Phoenicia
Temple of Eshmun architecturalStyle Phoenician civilization
this entity surface form: Phoenician
Gebal partOf Phoenician civilization
this entity surface form: ancient Phoenicia
Law school of Berytus region Phoenician civilization
subject surface form: Law School of Berytus
this entity surface form: Phoenicia
Arameans neighboringPeople Phoenician civilization
this entity surface form: Phoenicians
Sidon Port culture Phoenician civilization
Iberians interactedWith Phoenician civilization
this entity surface form: Phoenicians
Iberians culturalInfluenceFrom Phoenician civilization
this entity surface form: Phoenician culture
Malaka hasAncientCulture Phoenician civilization
this entity surface form: Phoenician
Malaka wasPartOf Phoenician civilization
this entity surface form: Phoenician colonies in the western Mediterranean
Malaka wasFoundedBy Phoenician civilization
this entity surface form: Phoenicians
Malaka hasHistoricalPeriod Phoenician civilization
this entity surface form: Phoenician period
Jbeil historicalRegion Phoenician civilization
this entity surface form: ancient Phoenicia
Coele-Syria borders Phoenician civilization
this entity surface form: Phoenicia
Coele-Syria hasSubregion Phoenician civilization
this entity surface form: Phoenicia
Punic (Carthaginian) people originatedFrom Phoenician civilization
subject surface form: Punic people
this entity surface form: Phoenicians
Lord of Healing languageContext Phoenician civilization
this entity surface form: Phoenician cultural sphere
Lord of Healing worshipRegion Phoenician civilization
subject surface form: Eshmun
this entity surface form: Phoenicia
Divine Physician culturalRegion Phoenician civilization
this entity surface form: Phoenicia
Canaanite languages regionOfUse Phoenician civilization
this entity surface form: Phoenicia
Canaanite religion practicedInRegion Phoenician civilization
this entity surface form: Phoenicia
Ancient Near East containsCivilization Phoenician civilization
Shapash worshippedIn Phoenician civilization
this entity surface form: Phoenicia
Kothon (sacred pool) culture Phoenician civilization
Aegadian Islands usedBy Phoenician civilization
this entity surface form: Phoenicians
Tanit veneratedBy Phoenician civilization
this entity surface form: Phoenicians
Whitaker Museum primaryFocus Phoenician civilization
Jubayl partOf Phoenician civilization
this entity surface form: Phoenicia
Jubayl historicalCulture Phoenician civilization
Hadrumetum foundedBy Phoenician civilization
this entity surface form: Phoenicians
Larache hasNearbyArchaeologicalCulture Phoenician civilization
Mauri neighboringPeoples Phoenician civilization
this entity surface form: Phoenicians
Persian army recruitmentFrom Phoenician civilization
this entity surface form: Phoenicians
Resheph culture Phoenician civilization
this entity surface form: Phoenician
Resheph veneratedIn Phoenician civilization
this entity surface form: Phoenicia
Moloch worshipPracticedBy Phoenician civilization
this entity surface form: Phoenicians
St. Frumentius (Abba Salama) placeOfOrigin Phoenician civilization
subject surface form: St. Frumentius
this entity surface form: Phoenicia
Levantine peoples hasSubgroup Phoenician civilization
this entity surface form: Phoenicians
Porphyry birthPlace Phoenician civilization
this entity surface form: Phoenicia
Dagon worshippedIn Phoenician civilization
this entity surface form: Phoenicia
Mot worshipRegion Phoenician civilization
this entity surface form: Phoenicia
Severus Alexander birthPlace Phoenician civilization
this entity surface form: Phoenicia