Phoenician Civilization Trivia Quiz
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Ancient Mediterranean seafaring traders. Play the Phoenician Civilization trivia quiz solo to sharpen your knowledge, or challenge a friend head-to-head in Trivia Tango — every question comes with an explanation so you learn as you play. Questions span every level, from easy warm-ups to expert-level stumpers, so there's a real challenge here however much you already know.
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This ancient seafaring civilization is credited with creating the alphabet that became the basis for Greek, Latin, and most modern Western alphabets.
Difficulty: Easy- Phoenicians
- Egyptians
- Babylonians
- Persians
This Assyrian king captured Tyre in 573 BCE after a 13-year siege, though the island portion of the city remained unconquered.
Difficulty: Medium- Sargon II
- Nebuchadnezzar II
- Sennacherib
- Ashurbanipal
This Carthaginian suffete and general, who served alongside Hannibal in Italy, later became a political reformer who attempted to break the power of the oligarchic Council of One Hundred.
Difficulty: Hard- Hasdrubal Barca
- Hannibal Barca
- Mago Barca
- Hanno the Great
This modern country contains the ancient Phoenician city-states of Tyre, Sidon, and Byblos.
Difficulty: Easy- Syria
- Lebanon
- Israel
- Turkey
This Phoenician king of Tyre is credited with building the original temple to Melqart and establishing the annual festival of the god's resurrection.
Difficulty: Medium- Abibaal
- Ethbaal
- Hiram I
- Ithobaal II
This archaeological site in Spain, ancient Gadir, has yielded the oldest Phoenician remains in the western Mediterranean, including an 8th century BCE temple and settlement.
Difficulty: Hard- Cadiz
- Malaga
- Ibiza
- Cartagena
This expensive purple dye, extracted from sea snails, made the Phoenicians wealthy and gave them their Greek name meaning "purple people."
Difficulty: Easy- Tyrian purple
- Egyptian blue
- Persian red
- Carthaginian crimson
This sacred precinct in Carthage, where urns containing the cremated remains of sacrificed children were buried, has provided controversial archaeological evidence of child sacrifice.
Difficulty: Medium- Necropolis
- Temple of Tanit
- Agora
- Tophet
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