⚱ Phoenicia was a nation where the cities held a position of extreme importance – PhoeniciaHistoryFacts

Phoenicia - By National Geographic
Phoenicia - By National Geographic

According to the geographers, the cities of Phoenicia, from Laodicea in the extreme north to Jaffa at the extreme south, numbered about twenty-five. These were Laodicea, Gabala, Balanea, Paltos; Arwad, with its dependency Antaradus; Amrit; Simyra, Orthosia, and Arka; Tripolis, Calamus, Trieris, and Botrys; Byblos or Gebal; Aphaca; Beirut; Sidon, Sarepta, and Ornithonpolis; Tyre and Ecdippa; Akko and Porphyreon; Dor and Jaffa.

Phoenicia, like Greece, was a nation where the cities held a position of extreme importance. It was not centralized with a single recognized capital. Instead, it was a congeries of homogeneous tribes who were never a single political entity, and who clung fondly to the idea of separate independence. : PhoeniciaHistoryFacts
Phoenicia - By National Geographic
Phoenicia – By National Geographic

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