CIVILIZATION
PHOENICIAN
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Question
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The Phonecians fell to the Persian empire because they did not have a ____ ____
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Unified army
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Skilled negotiator
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Triremes
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Purple dye
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -In 538 Phoenicia passed under the rule of the Achaemenid Persians. The region was later taken by Alexander the Great and in 64 bce was incorporated into the Roman province of Syria; Aradus (Arwād), Sidon, and Tyre, however, retained self-government.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Persian Empire began to decline under the reign of Darius’s son, Xerxes. Xerxes depleted the royal treasury with an unsuccessful campaign to invade Greece and continued with irresponsible spending upon returning home. Persia was eventually conquered by Alexander the Great in 334 B.C.E.
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