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The dye is produced by Murex brandaris and Murex trunculus which are the older names for Haustellum brandaris and the Hexaplex trunculus.
These medium to large predatory tropical sea snails are carnivorous marine gastropod molluscs in the family Muricidae, the murexes or rock snails.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murex
The snail of the 'Murex' Mollusc is found on the east coast of the Mediterranean near Phoenicia. A dog accidentally bit into one, and the snail secreted a purple dye which was seen on the dog's lips. The Phoenicians learnt how to dye silk with the crushed snail and could produce the colors of purple, reddish/blue and even yellow with it.
The Chinese, while travelling on the famous 'Silk Road' route, brought their silk cloth to be dyed by the Phoenicians, until they learnt the source of the dye and the secrets of the Phoenicians dyeing methods, some hundred or so years later.
SOURCE: The Silk Road - A history. by Irene Franck & David Brownstone
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The Phoenician culture was best known for its?
development of an alphabet based on sound and develop purple dye from snail.
Why was Phoenicia known for its purple?
The purple dye from a sea snail was adopted by kings for their robes, and was much in demand - the colour was known as Tyrian Purple after the Phoenician city of Tyre.
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.
How do you say purple dye in Phoenician language?
We do not know how they spoke their language.
What Tropical sea snail is used to make tyrian dye?
The tropical sea snail that is used to make tyrian dye is the purple dye murex or spiny dye-murex), its scientific name being Haustellum brandaris (also Murex brandaris or Bolinus brandaris). See Related Link below.
What does Phoenician mean in Greek?
The name comes from the Greek word for the shellfish which produces the purple dye for which they were famous.
Which animal drink water once in a year and dye after drinking water?
snail
What was true of Phoenician snails?
The Phoenicians made purple dye from them, and the name Phoenicia comes from the Greek word for the colour.
Snail commands maple story -?
There are 3 commands: iloveyou, which makes your snail say "i think i love you too" quest, which makes ur snail tell u how to get a quest, and level, which makes your snail encourage you to keep leveling up
Why makes the snail an invertebrate?
A snail is an invertebrate because it lacks a backbone. The shell wouldn't count, as its not inside the snail.
Does snail have a long vowel sound?
"Snail" has both a long vowel ('a') and a short vowel sound ('i'). That makes the pronunciation, (SNAY-ill)
Why are the Phoenicians important?
The Phoenicians are known for their trading skills and for the purple dye they made from a special snail that had dye in its shell. They are also known, of course, for spreading their alphabet far and wide; almost all modern phonetic alphabets are derived from this alphabet.
