The Phoenicians were the consummate sailors of the ancient Mediterranean, a Semitic people from the Levant, whose main cities — Tyre, Sidon, and Byblos — thrived on trade and seafaring.

1069 BCE), the Ancient Egyptians ... The Babylonians were a Semitic people who ruled over much of the territory the Akkadians once controlled. Their reign was split over two periods: the first ...

The inscription encourages people to comb their hair and beards ... Canaanites spoke an ancient Semitic language — related to modern Hebrew, Arabic and Aramaic — and resided in the lands ...

Ancient Babylon was an influential city ... He was an Amorite, a member of a Semitic-speaking people from the area around modern-day Syria. He turned Babylon into a petty kingdom made up of ...