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NONE of the attempts made to draw the geographical limits of Phoenicia is quite satisfactory because they are neither based on a systematic study of ancient sources and archaeological discoveries nor have they taken into consideration the numerous territorial changes which occurred throughout the centuries.' I have attempted to analyze all the available documents, and, in order to avoid the inconvenience of too general a definition, I have limited this study to the Persian period when territorial changes in Phoenicia were negligible. Such a limitation has allowed me to overcome some of the difficulties resulting from the scarcity of Phoenician sources (Ugaritic texts are practically the only documents), the insufficiency of Akkadian and Hebrew sources related to this subject, and the late character of the Greek and Latin sources. In fact, the Persian period is the only period for which the ancient sources are a little more numerous and precise. The incorporation of Phoenicia into the fifth satrapy did not involve territorial changes because the Persian kings had given the Phoenician cities a special place in this satrapy, one with considerable autonomy.2 The criteria of what consti

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Author

Josette Elayi

Publisher

University of Chicago Press

Published

1982

Language

EN

Field

Arts and Humanities (Social Sciences)