CIVILIZATION
PHOENICIAN
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Question
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What is the name of the modern day country that the Phoenicians lived in?
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Japan
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Egypt
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Lebanon
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Phoenicia
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Phoenicia, ancient region along the eastern coast of the Mediterranean that corresponds to modern Lebanon, with adjoining parts of modern Syria and Israel.
Detailed explanation-2: -Byblos, modern Jbail, also spelled Jubayl, or Jebeil, biblical Gebal, ancient seaport, the site of which is located on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, about 20 miles (30 km) north of the modern city of Beirut, Lebanon.
Detailed explanation-3: -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.
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