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Course name

The Phoenicians - Cunning Seafarers

Institution

College of the Holy Cross

Instructor

Tanaquil17

Wikipedia Expert

Ian (Wiki Ed)

Subject

History

Course dates

2024-01-24 00:00:00 UTC – 2024-05-18 23:59:59 UTC

Approximate number of student editors

25

In this course, we will examine the complex ancient Mediterranean power, the Phoenicians, and their offshoots, the Punic peoples and the Carthaginians. The Phoenician civilization developed on the Mediterranean coast of ancient Lebanon in the Late Bronze Age (ca. 15th c. BCE). Despite the “collapse” of several other Mediterranean civilizations around 1200 BCE, the Phoenicians, perhaps due to their seafaring abilities, seem not to have been affected. Throughout the subsequent Iron Age (11th-9th c. BCE), the Phoenicians spread their culture across the Mediterranean region, founding Punic settlements predominately in Northern Africa, Southern Italy, Sardinia, and Sicily, and Spain. In the 8th c. BCE, the network developed by the Phoenicians and their Punic descendants promoted many shared cultural traits across the Mediterranean, most notably the spread and use of the phonetic alphabet. By the 5th to 4th c. BCE, one Phoenician colony, Carthage (near Tunis, Tunisia), surpassed its metropolis and in the 3rd to 2nd c. BCE sparred with Rome before it was ultimately subjugated. Though often most well-known today for these failed military interactions with Rome, the Phoenician peoples more commonly mixed, exchanged, and collaborated with the cultures they encountered. This course aims to consider the Phoenicians, Punic peoples, and Carthaginians on their own terms and in their own contexts within the ancient Mediterranean sphere.

Student	Assigned	Reviewing
Edward.kane11	Carthage tophet	Phoenicia under Roman rule, Ancient Black Sea shipwrecks
Jking1304	Tyre: Alexander's Siege and Assault, Tyre, Siege of Tyre (332 BC)	Phoenician settlement of North Africa, Phoenician port of Beirut
Mtcav4	Phoenicia	History of Phoenicia, Carthage tophet
HornHopper3721	Phoenicia under Roman rule	Phoenician–Punic Sardinia, Marsala Punic shipwreck
Cunningseafarer2024	Phoenicians and wine	Gozo Phoenician shipwreck, Phoenicia
PrincessOfSidon24	Phoenicia under Roman rule	History of Sicily, Tyre: Alexander's Siege and Assault
Tyre123	Phoenicia	Ships of ancient Rome, Carthaginian Iberia
Ilovebaklava428	Ochre	Phoenician Ship Expedition, Bajo de la Campana Phoenician shipwreck
SusJawn35	Battle of Carthage (238)	Trojan horse (computing), Punic people
Phoenicians2024!	Phoenician Ship Expedition	Tyre, Theory of Phoenician discovery of the Americas
Carthaginian123	Carthaginian Iberia	Battle of Carthage (238), Phoenician metal bowls
MotoMoto1952	Phoenicia	Phoenicia under Roman rule, Ancient Black Sea shipwrecks
Phoeniciansea2024	Phoenician settlement of North Africa	Phoenician port of Beirut, History of Phoenicia
ColinMc0529	History of Sicily	Phoenician settlement of North Africa, Carthage tophet
Jgrand24	Hiram I	Marsala Punic shipwreck, Gozo Phoenician shipwreck
Cunningseafarer22	Phoenician joints	Phoenician–Punic Sardinia, Phoenicia
CunningSeafarerLC	Marsala Punic shipwreck	History of Sicily, Tyre: Alexander's Siege and Assault
Kevin-birenbaum13	simple:Tuna	Ships of ancient Rome, Carthaginian Iberia
SonnyLovesSeafaring12		Phoenician Ship Expedition, Bajo de la Campana Phoenician shipwreck
Cabbagepatch12345	Phoenician Ship Expedition	Trojan horse (computing), Punic people
MannyRamirez12345	Phoenicia	Tyre, Theory of Phoenician discovery of the Americas
MyIPwasblocked	Berytus	Battle of Carthage (238), Phoenician metal bowls
Cunningseafarer12	Bajo de la Campana Phoenician shipwreck	Phoenicia under Roman rule, Ancient Black Sea shipwrecks
Willbatchelder		Phoenician settlement of North Africa, Phoenician port of Beirut
Phoenician24	Theory of Phoenician discovery of the Americas, Phoenician Ship Expedition, Phoenicia, Gozo Phoenician shipwreck, Marsala Punic shipwreck, Bajo de la Campana Phoenician shipwreck, Ancient Black Sea shipwrecks, Ships of ancient Rome	History of Phoenicia, Carthage tophet
CunningSeafarerWS	Dido	Phoenician–Punic Sardinia, Marsala Punic shipwreck
BaalCycleEnjoyer08	Phoenicia under Hellenistic rule	Gozo Phoenician shipwreck