PHOENICIANS

Year that settled in that area:
   = The Phoenicians settled in the Mediterranean around 1500 BC in cities like Byblos, Tyre and Syndon

Contributions to Civilization:
   = The Alphabet
   = Trade and Commerce
   = Religion

= Their famous purple dye was produced from murex, a kind of small off the waters of sydon.
= "The Greatest Traders of antiquity."

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