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Quiz: Phoenicia

  1. When was Phoenicia founded?

    • c. 1500 BCE, the rise of the coastal cities
    • 1918, as a republic after the fall of Austria Hungary; full sovereignty restored by the State Treaty of 1955
    • 1278, by the Pareage agreement between the Count of Foix and the Bishop of Urgell
    • c. 2025 BCE, as a city state at Assur; the empire peaked 911–609 BCE
    Answer

    c. 1500 BCE, the rise of the coastal cities — Founded: c. 1500 BCE, the rise of the coastal cities.

  2. When did Phoenicia end?

    • c. 300 BCE, absorbed into the Hellenistic kingdoms after Alexander
    • 539 BCE, when Cyrus the Great took Babylon for Persia
    • 30 BCE, death of Cleopatra; Egypt became a Roman province
    • c. 1190 BCE, in the Bronze Age collapse
    Answer

    c. 300 BCE, absorbed into the Hellenistic kingdoms after Alexander — Ended: c. 300 BCE, absorbed into the Hellenistic kingdoms after Alexander.

  3. Where was the heartland of Phoenicia?

    • The Levantine coast, cities Tyre, Sidon, and Byblos, in present day Lebanon
    • Southern Mesopotamia, in present day Iraq
    • The Tigris Euphrates valley, in present day Iraq and eastern Syria
    • Persia, capitals Pasargadae, Persepolis, and Susa, in present day Iran
    Answer

    The Levantine coast, cities Tyre, Sidon, and Byblos, in present day Lebanon — Heartland: The Levantine coast, cities Tyre, Sidon, and Byblos, in present day Lebanon.

  4. True or false: Phoenicia was a seafaring civilization of the Levantine coast, never one state but a string of city states.

    • True
    • False
    Answer

    True — True. Phoenicia was a seafaring civilization of the Levantine coast, never one state but a string of city states.