Anonymous ID: a00004 Oct. 19, 2023, 3:22 p.m. No.19765658   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun   >>5663

Though the Phoenicians were among the most influential peoples of ancient times, becoming merchants and explorers who settled the western Mediterranean and beyond, there wasโ€”strictly speakingโ€”no such place as "Phoenicia." Rather, the homeland of the Phoenicians was a coastal strip centered on what is today Lebanon, a chain of city-states dominated by Tyre and Sidon. As for the name Phoenicia, it comes from the Greek Phoinike, which shares roots with the word phoenixโ€”a term that to the ancient Greeks connoted blood-red or purple. The latter was the color of a natural dye developed by the Phoenicians, who became so closely associated with it that their name reflected the fact.

 

purple people = red sheilds

 

https://www.encyclopedia.com/science/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/development-dyes-purple-people-phoenicians