CIVILIZATION
ASSYRIAN
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Question
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Which empire is associated with the phrase “of purple merchants”?
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Assyrian
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Babylonians
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Kassites
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Hittites
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Phoenicians
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -According to ancient classical authors, the Phoenicians were a people who occupied the coast of the Levant (eastern Mediterranean). Their major cities were Tyre, Sidon, Byblos, and Arwad.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Phoenicians, in fact, have been called the ‘ancient middlemen’ of culture by many scholars and historians because of their role in cultural transference.
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