CIVILIZATION
PHOENICIAN
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Question
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The Greeks called the people who sold reddish-purple cloth the “ ____ People".
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Red
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Purple
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Garment
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Cedar
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The name Phoenician, used to describe these people in the first millennium B.C., is a Greek invention, from the word phoinix, possibly signifying the color purple-red and perhaps an allusion to their production of a highly prized purple dye.
Detailed explanation-2: -Cloth dyed with Tyrian purple was a hugely successful export and brought the Phoenicians fame throughout the ancient world.
Detailed explanation-3: -In ancient Greek, purple had a number of names. The noun (porphyra) was frequently used to refer to purple cloth, and is still the root of the name for the purple-hued porphyry stone that Greeks and Romans prized for sculpture, sarcophagi, and even the bath tubs of the ancient world.
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