now known as Lebanon. These ancient people were known as Canaanites,

or Armorites, but were later called Phoenicians by the Greeks. Phoenicia

comes from the Greek word for purple because of the rare purple dye that they exported. As a result of Phoenicia's small area, they depended highly on

trade and the sea. They later became, in BC times, the number one trading and sailing nation. Due to the fact that they depended highly on the sea,

the Phoenicians also colonized areas far from its seaports. One of Phoenicia's greatest accomplishments was its development of one of the world's

first alphabets. This too was caused by the fact that the Phoenicians were

The Phoenicians were an exceptional sea-faring people because of the

fact that their native land was hemmed in by mountainous country.

They invented and discovered many technologies and ideas that are still in

use today. For example, they were the first sailors to use celestial navigation, whereas others sailed along the coasts of the Mediterranean. This form

of the Middle East with them; as with every other colonizing civilization,

same time importing papyrus for paper, ivory, ebony, silk, amber, ostrich

very narrow, so that the sailboats would cut through the water, and longer,

vast amounts of valuable cargo space; they were extracted and exchanged

were such great sea goers they were able to colonize many distant areas

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