HISTORY
OF
P H OE N I C I A

by George Rawlinson

Camden Professor of Ancient History in the University of Oxford
Canon of Canterbury
Corresponding Member of the Royal Academy of Turin

First Published 1889 by Longmans, Green, and Co.


Contents

[ PREFACE ]

[ HISTORY OF PHOENICIA ]

[ CHAPTER I—THE LAND ]

[ CHAPTER II—CLIMATE AND PRODUCTIONS ]

[ CHAPTER III—THE PEOPLE—ORIGIN AND CHARACTERISTICS ]

[ CHAPTER IV—THE CITIES ]

[ CHAPTER V—THE COLONIES ]

[ CHAPTER VI—ARCHITECTURE ]

[ CHAPTER VII—ÆSTHETIC ART ]

[ CHAPTER VIII—INDUSTRIAL ART AND MANUFACTURES ]

[ CHAPTER IX—SHIPS, NAVIGATION, AND COMMERCE ]

[ CHAPTER X—MINING ]

[ CHAPTER XI—RELIGION ]

[ CHAPTER XII—DRESS, ORNAMENTS, AND SOCIAL HABITS ]

[ CHAPTER XIII—PHOENICIAN WRITING, LANGUAGE, AND LITERATURE ]


[ CHAPTER XIV—POLITICAL HISTORY ]

[ 1. Phoenicia, before the establishment of the hegemony of Tyre. ]

[ 2. Phoenicia under the hegemony of Tyre (B.C. 1252-877) ]

[ 3. Phoenicia during the period of its subjection to Assyria (B.C. ]

[ 4. Phoenicia during its struggles with Babylon and Egypt (about B.C. ]

[ 5. Phoenicia under the Persians (B.C. 528-333) ]

[ 6. Phoenicia in the time of Alexander the Great (B.C. 333-323) ]

[ 7. Phoenicia under the Greeks (B.C. 323-65) ]

[ 8. Phoenicia under the Romans (B.C. 65-A.D. 650) ]


[ FOOTNOTES ]

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TO THE
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Of The
UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD