The story of the greatest nations; a comprehensive history, extending from the earliest times to the present, founded on the most modern authorities, and including chronological summaries and pronouncing vocabularies for each nation; and the world's famous events, told in a series of brief sketches forming a single continuous story of history and illumined by a complete series of notable illustrations from the great historic paintings of all lands . Jeremiah prophesies the destruction of ltbb. The FiKciT Phcenicl Ships Chapter VIICARTHAGE AND THE OTHER PHCENICIAN COLONIES- HILE the culture and
The story of the greatest nations; a comprehensive history, extending from the earliest times to the present, founded on the most modern authorities, and including chronological summaries and pronouncing vocabularies for each nation; and the world's famous events, told in a series of brief sketches forming a single continuous story of history and illumined by a complete series of notable illustrations from the great historic paintings of all lands . Jeremiah prophesies the destruction of ltbb. The FiKciT Phcenicl Ships Chapter VIICARTHAGE AND THE OTHER PHCENICIAN COLONIES- HILE the culture and commercial genius of the cities ofPhoenicia enabled them to preserve their independ-ence through many centuries, in a sort of scornful su-premacy over earths mihtary conquerors, they neverthemselves attained, nor did they seem to aspire to,the physical dominion over the world. A far nearerapproach to this was made by their celebratedcolony, Carthage. Phoenicia, foremost in so many things, was also the worldsfirst planter of colonies. Her mission, in the mighty scheme of Provi-dence, was the spreading of civihzation broadcast over the ages have recognized this by ascribing to the Phoeniciansthe beginning of letters, of literature, the invention of the alpha-bet. Recent research disproves this tradition in its broader form;for both Egyptians and Babylonians had a written language longbeiore we hear of the Phoenicians. And while these earlier forms of writingused many wor
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