Phoenicia is a civilized area on the Mediterranean coast, located in a narrow strip along the coast of Syria and Lebanon today. Known as Phoenicia in ancient Egyptian literature and Phoenicia in ancient Greece, it means "purple country".

Ancient Phoenicia was not the name of a country, but only the name of a region and a nation. Historically, this region was composed of many independent small city-states. At that time, people never called themselves Phoenicians, but called themselves people from a certain city, such as Tyre and Sidon.

Characteristics of Phoenician civilization

Phoenicians worshipped the God of Molek. It is said that the Mole God likes to eat people, especially babies. So every time he offered sacrifices to Molek, Phoenicians offered sacrifices to babies, and they had to be babies of noble families. This shows that this custom has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Culturally, another pioneering work of the Phoenicians was the creation of the Phoenician alphabet, which is the source of today's Latin alphabet.