The world: historical and actual . iseisolated from each other. Vast caravans from Araby the Blessed brought frankincense, myrrh,cassia, gold, and precious stones, cinnamon, , and similar merchandise. Like the Jew ofto-day, the Phoenician was to be found whereverthere was money to be made in traffic, and sincecommerce is the great agency in the advancementof civilization, the corsairs of Tyre and Sidon were,in effect, however mercenary their designs, the greatevangelists of antiquity, missionaries of learningand progress. They submitted to Nebuchadnezzarwithout serious resistance, a
The world: historical and actual . iseisolated from each other. Vast caravans from Araby the Blessed brought frankincense, myrrh,cassia, gold, and precious stones, cinnamon, , and similar merchandise. Like the Jew ofto-day, the Phoenician was to be found whereverthere was money to be made in traffic, and sincecommerce is the great agency in the advancementof civilization, the corsairs of Tyre and Sidon were,in effect, however mercenary their designs, the greatevangelists of antiquity, missionaries of learningand progress. They submitted to Nebuchadnezzarwithout serious resistance, and later, to Persia, butall the while maintained commercial liberty. Thepayment of tribute was exacted and complied with. All along the Mediterranean. Phoenician colonieswere established, and trading-posts grew into colonies were to be found on either shore, andon mainland and island. They even pushed their ad-venturous keels through the straits of Gibraltar, estab-lishing trade with the Britons and the * sh lit. **
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