v? 4*»e took a n
■ the foot of the
$ ..»Mi i ; ,;trai Asia.1 Th
v''>.. ^ (hst ancient, so u fof h t tMh»We niteohu Mi UUUt/tO n 1f
in .'p&ft those of the shores of the Persian Gulf8
dy> ' included, in the latter ;■ ease, other eastern eoi
since by this route the silks, spices, and other vi
u?« rehandize of India, found their way to the shores
Mediterranean, through the emporiums of Tadmor and Ba
which afterwards sprang up to facilitate the transport oi
chanciize. The pre-eminence of Phoenicia in commerc
civilization was, however, as much, owing to the enterpi
its people as to its geographical position; since the tr
question consists merely of a narrow strip of land, wit
elevated range of Lebanon oh one side and the Mediteri
Sea on the other,3 withoi
's^ai ! colon} of Aradus was situated towards "th
northern extremity of Phoenicia, and to this succeeded nearl
at equal intervals in following the coast southward, Tripoli«
jjy pitta», ■ wnviith the earlier capital Sidou, which was called afte
the firs^fe
-tto m
| eXCÄtiöö
were at ft
attached;
dependent
that of ih
appears to
>s cast]
A bidon, thv' celebrated city of Tyre. With the
some commercial ««atexion, these settlements
separate kingdotti* or states; consisting, in each
tivieular city «ilk * certain tract of temtory
■' h ® “iy s*n- •• iu some measure
Tyre, and ygere mntei m ewe common worship,
yrian Hex coles,- 1 he latter city, PalcB-Xyrus,
*t been i>uilt on the mainland,4 but it is stated
been founded «bout 2740 b .c . 6
¡8% as welt ag; the Temple of Hercules, was
ih;tliis, as. in othe
kingdoms t
pt situated on the island to win
^ i - s h a ^ X X V II.. '
. * F&#;!
Ferieg.,
ö See s
4 Vol.
Tyrfe.
DioBvyius,
erod., lib, II