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'''First city of the Phoenicians
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In the beginning, Byblos was a humble fishing village named Gebal. However, due to its strategic location on the Mediterranean coast, the small village swelled into an opulent town via trade. Because of the abundance of prized timber surrounding Byblos in Lebanon, the town became the primary exporter of timber throughout the known world. The inhabitants of Byblos soon became the finest shipwrights the world had ever seen and were largely responsible for Phoenicia's reputation as a mighty sailing empire. Byblos took advantage of supply and demand cycles with Egypt to amass vast riches. However, as Tyre expanded in influence and size between 1100 and 725 BCE, Byblos' ability to monopolize Mediterranean trade diminished, although Byblos remained the religious capital of Phoenicia.
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“Archaeologists have uncovered homes of farmers and fishermen in Gebeil dating back to 7000 B.C. They found one-room huts with crushed limestone floors and stone idol of god El. Because of these discoveries, it is thought that Gebeil (later known as Byblos) may actually be the oldest city in the world.”
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Byblos has a claim to being one of the oldest cities in existence, and its inhabitants believed that the god El had founded it at the beginning of time. The greeks bought much of their papyrus at Byblos, leading them to name their books "biblos".
  
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'''Busy port with ships from throughout the Mediterranean
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http://www.ancient.eu/uploads/images/preview-2943.jpg?v=1431036354
  
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'''Source for local materials, oil and wood
 
  
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'''Source for materials from Egypt – Gold, Papyrus, Linen, Alabaster
 
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“As far as back as 3200 B.C., the people of Gebeil (Byblos) were cutting down cedar trees in the mountains of Lebanon, to be shipped to Egypt and Mesopotamia for use in building ships and making columns for houses. In return, the Phoenicians brought back gold, copper, and turquoise from the Nile Valley and Sinai.”
 
  
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'''In about 1000 B.C. Phoenicians developed syllabic writing
 
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“By about 1200 B.C., the Phoenicians had developed symbols which in time became a real alphabet. The Phoenician alphabet consisted of twenty-two symbols, all consonants. Each one represented its own sound.”
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Information Source: http://www.ancient.eu/Byblos/
  
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'''The Greeks referred to the ancient paper as Byblos, after the first great Phoenician port, because they imported so much paper.
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Image Source: http://www.ancient.eu/uploads/images/2943.jpg?v=1431032440
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'''The name bible also derives from Byblos.
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'''The Phoenicians spread their form of writing during their travels around the Mediterranean.
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“Because the papyrus rotted away in the damp sea air and soil, there are practically no Phoenician writings left. Thus, the literature of the people who influenced the western world in her writing has largely vanished. Still, because Egyptian scribes copied the Phoenician letters after hieroglyphics were no longer used, and because artists in Ninevah inscribed them in stone, the alphabet remains with us.”
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Manual pg. 105 - 106
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http://www.lebanon2000.com/ph.htm
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Latest revision as of 11:12, 12 April 2016

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In the beginning, Byblos was a humble fishing village named Gebal. However, due to its strategic location on the Mediterranean coast, the small village swelled into an opulent town via trade. Because of the abundance of prized timber surrounding Byblos in Lebanon, the town became the primary exporter of timber throughout the known world. The inhabitants of Byblos soon became the finest shipwrights the world had ever seen and were largely responsible for Phoenicia's reputation as a mighty sailing empire. Byblos took advantage of supply and demand cycles with Egypt to amass vast riches. However, as Tyre expanded in influence and size between 1100 and 725 BCE, Byblos' ability to monopolize Mediterranean trade diminished, although Byblos remained the religious capital of Phoenicia.

Byblos has a claim to being one of the oldest cities in existence, and its inhabitants believed that the god El had founded it at the beginning of time. The greeks bought much of their papyrus at Byblos, leading them to name their books "biblos".

http://www.ancient.eu/uploads/images/preview-2943.jpg?v=1431036354



Information Source: http://www.ancient.eu/Byblos/

Image Source: http://www.ancient.eu/uploads/images/2943.jpg?v=1431032440

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