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Events relating to the phoenicians
The people known as Phoenicians are in the region of modern Lebanon from around this date
Byblos (modern Jbeil) evolves to become the most important seaport and city of Phoenicia
Trade lnks, probably by sea in Phoenician ships from Byblos, are established between Egypt and Phoenicia
The first steps towards a phonetic alphabet are taken in Phoenicia
The Amarna tablets contain extensive correspondence between the Akhenaten government in Egypt and subject princes in Phoenicia
The Phoenicians develop the war galley, with a sharp battering ram in the bow
Phoenician sailors use the pole star for navigational purposes
The abacus is used as an everyday method of calculation by Phoenicians and Babylonians
Tyre and Sidon have by now replaced Byblos as the dominant cities within Phoenicia
Hiram, the Phoenician king of Tyre, is an enthusiastic trading partner of King David in Jerusalem, and later of Solomon
Wood from the famous cedars of Lebanon is only one of the many luxury goods traded by the Phoenicians
Ashburbanipal II extracts tribute from the cities of Phoenicia, beginning a period of Assyrian domination of the region
Citium, in Cyprus, is the first of many Phoenician colonies in the Mediterranean
The traditional date of the founding of Carthage (supposedly by the mythical queen Dido, but in practice by Phoenicians)
The Greeks make the Phoenician alphabet much more flexible by the addition of vowels, from alpha to omega
The island of Sicily is colonized from the eastern Mediterranean by both Phoenicians and Greeks
Phoenicians sail round the Cape of Good Hope and bring back the surprising news that the sun was seen to the north of them
The Phoenician cities, liberated from Babylonian rule, willingly accept inclusion in the Persian empire
Phoenicia is brought into the new Hellenistic empire, changing hands frequently between contending successors of Alexander
Antipater, a Greek author living on the Phoenician coast, lists the seven wonders of the world
Phoenicia is incorporated into the Roman province of Syria, with Tyre and Sidon retaining a measure of self-government
The Phoenicians discover that a blob of molten glass can be puffed out to form a hollow vessel