Mark Woolmer. A Short History of the Phoenicians

This volume provides a succinct introduction to history and culture of the Phoenicians from the Bronze Age until the arrival of Alexander the Great. After an introduction attempting to give a definition of “Phoenician” and outlining the geographic and climatic background as well as the available written sources, the first chapter is dedicated the political history of the region; pp.47-53 deal with the Achaemenid period. The ensuing chapters are not diachronic in nature but rather synoptic ov..