The result what a rising standard of living. Eventually their boat building became more advanced and they began trading with distant villages.

Their first boats were made from dugout Cedar logs. At first they were fishermen who made their living from the sea. The group started out in Byblos, a city by the sea. The book give a great surface over view of that. The Phoenicians are a fascinating group of people. In fact the author's website is advertising this book not the old one. In short I would advise getting this book as opposed to the older one. Some of it I have questions about and want to make further inquiries, a bit difficult if the footnotes are not in place. I want to track down some of this information. There is one drawback though and that is the lack of footnotes. It is not burdened with overly academic language and vocabulary and it is very understandable. The book is a great read for the lay man.

Then again I might now have invested in the book. Would have been nice if they kept the same title. I was read a few more chapters into the book it dawned on me that this was the same book just a different title.Īs I read further on I realized that there was up to 30-40% new information. You can well understand my disappointment when I thought to myself while reading this book that hmm I read this before. Short I was in the expectation of this book continuing where the other one left off. When I bought this book I was expecting to learn something new. I learned a lot about the Phoenicians and their contributions to the development of the Mediterranean that I never knew before or could even imagine. I read the author's first book on the Phoenicians a few years ago and thought it was great. This is a walk through the idyllic ancient Mediterranean you will long remember. Working with respected experts, often on-site, he has added photos, sources, and five years of additional research to his previous work. Elected a member of the prestigious Royal Historical Society for his work in this field, Holst has presented academic papers on the Phoenicians at universities around the world. Sanford Holst is one of the world's leading authorities on the Phoenicians, and appears in the BBC series Ancient Worlds. Drawing back the veil of secrecy surrounding the Phoenicians uncovers new glimpses of Egyptians, Greeks, Romans and people of other societies. (There is a new edition of this book, see 'Phoenicians'.) Instead of seeing darkness in the years before classical Greece, we now see glimmers of light revealing a continuous parade of remarkable societies, great leaders and epic events.

The mysterious Phoenicians and the ancient Mediterranean are experienced in richer detail than ever before in this well researched and intriguing narrative.

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