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The Phoenicians discovered that crushed shellfish( the specific shellfish is the murex) oozed a fabulous wine-colored goop. Cloth soaked in this substance turned shades ranging from deep pink to rich purple. Royalty soon chose purple as their favorite hue, so every king and queen needed purple dye!
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∙ 10y agoThe principal dye used by Tyre was purple - extracted from the sea snail Murex. They obtained the dye by either milking the snails or crushing them.
Berry dyes obtained by crushing berries were not nearly as valuable as the Murex dye which was rare and distinctive enough to gain the status of a 'royal purple' wanted by status-seekers.
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Who traded purple dye?
Phoenicians.
How did the Phoenicians make purple dye and what is was it symboilc of?
From a shellfish. It was adopted by royalties as their colour.
What was the purple dye that the Phoenicians used called?
Murex dye :)
What does Phoenicians mean?
The Greek word phoínios means "purple" - after the purple dye from a shellfish which the Phoenicians traded.
Why were the Phoenicians known as purple people?
They made a purple dye from shellfish.
What did the royalty especially prize about the Phoenicians?
The purple dye the Phoenicians made from a shellfish. We talk today of Royal Purple.
What ancient culture invented purple dye?
The Phoenicians
What is a resource the Phoenicians had?
Timber, metals, purple dye.
What two products did the Phoenicians specialize in?
Cedarwood and purple dye.
What Mesopotamian civilization had purple dye?
The Phoenicians were famous for their purple cloth and they used shellfish for their purple dye in order to dye the cloth which is created only for the robes of the kings. hope this can help :)
Who named the Phoenicians?
The Greeks labelled them after their word for purple, after the signature purple dye they made from the murex shellfish.
For what two things are the Phoenicians known?
The Phoenicians were called the "Purple People" because they invented a purple dye (Tyrian Purple) made from the Murexsea-snail's shell. Purple was the most expensive dye at that time and almost all of it was made by the "Purple People". They were called the "Purple People" because the dye colored the skin of those who worked with the color!The Phoenicians also invented an alphabet that is the foundation for almost every western language still used today.The Phoenicians are also credited with being the first to develop free-blowing as a method of crafting glass.
