Phoenicia, which was called Canaan thousand years ago, is an ancient culture constituted of independent cities and states. It was located across the coast of the Mediterranean Sea. The lands occupied by these states and cities are nowadays known as most of Lebanon, few parts of Syria, and few parts of Israel.
The cities of Tyre and Sidon, at that time, were the most powerful states in Phoenicia. Whereas Jbeil, Byblos and Baalbek were known as the most important religious centers.

The term “Phoenicia” originated from the Greek word “Phoinikes” which refers to “Tyranian Purple”. The reason behind this name was that the people in Tyre used to manufacture purple dye robes for the Royal family in Mesopotamia. Consequently, the Phoenicians became known as “purple people” because the dye would stain the worker’s skin.
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The Phoenicians had many gods and goddesses which were called Baal, for men, and Baalat for women, but the ones they really worshiped were named Baal and Astarte; he was the chief god and his spouse.

The Phoenicians were serious when it comes to worshiping the gods. To help suppress evil, they would have ceremonies which consisted of dancing and offering sacrifices in order to achieve a desired result which is inspired by nature, including human sacrifices, and that gave them the reputation of being cruel in which many of their sacrifices in the temple consisted of mainly children and animals.

Phoenicians battled and lost numerous fights, mainly with Assyrian and Roman troops. Alexander the Great, in his turn, started to wipe out everything that has to do with Phoenicians and turning their colonies and lands into Greek ones until Carthage, one of Phoenicia’s largest city that has defended itself from Greeks for centuries, fell in around 146 B.C.and by 64 B.C. the name Phoenicia has totally