. The story of the ancient nations : a text-book for high schools. , 5;Hawes and Hawes, ch. 4, 5. 5. Hittite Art.—Sayce, The Hittites, ch 6; Messerschmidt, (Study the illustrations). 6. Trade of the Hittites.—Sayce, The Hittites, ch. 8. 7. Hittite Manner of Dress.—Messerschmidt, pp. 33-36. 1 • I I I I VJ I I OUI 1 uuu Washington, D. C. CHAPTER V THE PHCENICIAN8 AND HEBREWS.—THE GROWTH OFTRADE WITH THE WEST 61. The Land of Phoenicia.—The strip of land lying- alongthe coast of the eastern Mediterranean, stretching from Egypt to thewestward bendof Asia Minor,was early settledby Semitic
. The story of the ancient nations : a text-book for high schools. , 5;Hawes and Hawes, ch. 4, 5. 5. Hittite Art.—Sayce, The Hittites, ch 6; Messerschmidt, (Study the illustrations). 6. Trade of the Hittites.—Sayce, The Hittites, ch. 8. 7. Hittite Manner of Dress.—Messerschmidt, pp. 33-36. 1 • I I I I VJ I I OUI 1 uuu Washington, D. C. CHAPTER V THE PHCENICIAN8 AND HEBREWS.—THE GROWTH OFTRADE WITH THE WEST 61. The Land of Phoenicia.—The strip of land lying- alongthe coast of the eastern Mediterranean, stretching from Egypt to thewestward bendof Asia Minor,was early settledby Semitic peo-ples. A few milesback from thecoast rise theLebanon moun-tains. This nar-row strip theGreeks called Phoenicia,which means the Land of Pur-ple; for in thewaters along thecoast the inhab-itants fished fora kind of shell-fish, that fur-nished them witha fine purpledThis dyeused in coloringcloths, and it was through the trade in these goods that theearly Greeks came to know the Phoenicians. The history of this strip of country is determined by its 51. Fleet of • rian relief. 52 CIVILIZATION OF EGYPT AM) WESTERN ASIA geographical position. Lying directly on the route betweenthe two great powers, Egypt and Babylonia, its cities servedas exchange ports for the trade between them. In the ex-|):insioii of either of these powers, the Phoenician towns,which remained independent of each oilier, ruled each by itsown kings, were often the hone of contention. They could,therefore, be independently powerful only in the periodswhen the two greater powers were politically weak. Their position made them also the natural ports of N:-change for the products of the East which went by sea tothe West. The wares of the East came by caravan fromBabylon and the other cities along the lower Tigris andEuphrates. The Phoenician cities furnished the nearestoutlet to t he sea. Since the chances of attaining any politicalpower were small, their inhabitants contented themselveswith the
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