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Phoenicia
Phoe·ni·cia
[
fə níshə,
fə nshə
]
ancient region on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea in modern Lebanon and Syria. It was the site of several city-kingdoms, whose people became the greatest traders and sailors of the ancient world.
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