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Why should Phoenicia be remembered?

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Anonymous

12y ago
Updated: 8/20/2019

They were the first nation to develop an alphabet. Earlier peoples had symbols for entire words, but not for individual sounds. Also, they were great explorers and traders, and founded the city of Carthage, which fought a series of wars, called the Punic wars, with the Roman Empire.

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12y ago

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