A Lost Culture on the Shores of Mediterranean Sea -- New Book Focuses on Forgotten Phoenician Culture


BLOOMINGTON, Ind., January 29, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) -- They had flourished on the eastern shores of the Mediterranean Sea for nearly three millennias; for one brief millennium, they ruled the whole area. Then, they were conquered, assimilated, vanquished and then they vanished -- overshadowed by more illustrious civilizations. "The Phoenicians in History and Legend" (now available through 1stBooks Library) by Anthony Strong opens the pages of history and examines a forgotten people.

The winners write the history books and they take no mercy on vanquished foes, says Strong. Today, due to rival Greek and Roman cultures that eventually spread West, the Phoenicians are almost completely unknown. Strong reveals the forgotten culture hoping to shed light on the contributions to civilization.

One of the most impacting contributions the Phoenicians have given the world is the alphabet. The Phoenicians developed the system of symbols for communication. The system was passed down to the Greeks and, eventually, the Romans. All European languages written and spoken today can trace their roots 3,500 years back to the Phoenicians. Barely remembered, the Phoenicians have been assimilated into countless cultures. Currently, there are over three million people of Phoenician descent in the United States and twice as many in the in Central and South America.

Anthony Strong has been a university professor for over 20 years in the United States. In his early youth he was fortunate to live abroad, frequently visiting the countries bordering Southern Europe, North Africa and Asia Minor. He has also traveled widely in the rest of the world. With this background, he began to work on the present book years later as a result of fortuitous encounters with people whom he had met all over these areas.

An avid reader, he has acquired a broad knowledge of the historical civilizations that shaped Western culture. Further, he has come to realize the existence of much older, forgotten and mostly ignored pre-historical people who had been at the root of what was inherited by the West through the predominant influence of the Greco-Roman civilization. This book reflects his belief that multiple events that occurred in the remote past paved the way for our civilization to develop to the point that we enjoy today.

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