In Search of the Phoenicians

Author/Contributor(s):	Quinn, Josephine
Publisher:	Princeton University Press
Date:	12/25/2017
Binding:	Hardcover
Condition:	NEW

"The Phoenicians traveled the Mediterranean long before the Greeks and Romans, trading, establishing settlements, and refining the art of navigation. But who these legendary sailors really were has long remained a mystery. [Quinn] makes the startling claim that the Phoenicians never actually existed. Taking readers from the ancient world to today, this ... book argues that the notion of these sailors as a coherent people with a shared identity, history, and culture is a product of modern nationalist ideologies"--Dust jacket flap.