CIVILIZATION
PHOENICIAN
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Question
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What did the Greeks call the Phoenicians
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Phoenicians
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Purple People
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Phoinikeia
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Third, the ancient Greeks themselves attested to their alphabet’s Phoenician heritage by calling it Phoinikeia grammata, “Phoenician letters, ‘’ and claiming it was brought to Greece by the Phoenician-born hero Cadmus, a figure in Greek mythology.
Detailed explanation-2: -The name Phoenicians (phoinikes) was given to these people by the ancient Greeks and was related to the word for the red-purple color of the dye for which they were famous. This royal purple dye was produced by removing, soaking and heating the glands of mollusks belonging to the genus Murex.
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