CIVILIZATION
PHOENICIAN
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Question
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Where did the Phoenicians get the purple dye from?
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Barney
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sea shell
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snails
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America
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The source of the dye was the mucus produced by predatory sea snails found in the Mediterranean Sea.
Detailed explanation-2: -Tyrian purple was one of the costliest and most mysterious of the dyes of ancient times. Used first by the Phoenicians, it was taken from the secretions of several species of mollusks, Murex brandaris and Purpura haemostoma and was reserved for use by royalty, priests and nobles.
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