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What color did snails make for dye by the pheonicians?
The snails made a rich purple dye, which was used for clothing
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 :)
Did queen Cleopatra make purple out of snails?
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What is the vivid dye derived from sea snails?
Tyrian purple
When was purple dye created?
The phonecians created purple dye using snails. It was hard and ectreamly expensive - hence purple being related to royality.
How did the Phoenicians make purple dye?
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!
What was the snails name that Phoenician used to make purple dye?
A species of tropical marine snail belonging to the Murex genus, or more specifically the Murex brandaris and Murex trunculus sp., more commonly referred to simply as the Murex, as by Aristotle, used to used to make 'Tyrian Purple' dye.
What did Egypt import from Phoenicia?
Cedar and pine timber, seafood, cloth, purple dye.
How many murex snails does it take to make one pound of purple dye?
60,000. It says in my textbook.
How did Phoenicians gain their wealth and power?
They found snails that produced purple dye, and they sold it. They also had large cedar forests, and dyed the cedar logs with the purple dye that they got from the snails. They sold both things, many times successfully, and that's how they gained their wealth and power.
What did Jerusalem trade in the ninth century?
Almonds, purple dye, dried fruit, swords and cloth
What was the purple dye that the Phoenicians used called?
Murex dye :)
