CIVILIZATION
PHOENICIAN
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Question
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This business of selling a certain dye was so ____ for the Phoenicians that they were even named after it.
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successful
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popular
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complicated
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dangerous
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The main natural resources of the Phoenician cities in the eastern Mediterranean were the prized cedars of Lebanon and murex shells used to make the purple dye. Phoenician artisans were skilled in wood, ivory, and metalworking, as well as textile production.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Phoenicians traded timber for papyrus and linen from Egypt, copper ingots from Cyprus, Nubian gold and slaves, jars with grain and wine, silver, monkeys, precious stones, hides, ivory and elephants tusks from Africa.
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