CIVILIZATION
PHOENICIAN
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Question
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Phoenician city that was the center of bookmarking?
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Isin
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Shuruppak
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Akkad
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Byblos
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Definition. Byblos was the ancient Phoenician port city of Gebal (called Byblos by the Greeks) on the coast of the Mediterranean sea in what is, today, Lebanon.
Detailed explanation-2: -The name Byblos is Greek; papyrus received its early Greek name (byblos, byblinos) from its being exported to the Aegean through Byblos. Hence the English word Bible is derived from byblos as “the (papyrus) book.”
Detailed explanation-3: -Byblos was an early Phoenician settlement and maritime commercial city, associated with the history of the diffusion of the Phoenician alphabet. The town is believed to have been founded around 5, 000 BC, making it one of the oldest continuously inhabited sites in the world.
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