From: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org (alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest) To: ammf-digest@smoe.org Subject: alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V14 #12648 Reply-To: ammf@fruvous.com Sender: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest Tuesday, November 21 2023 Volume 14 : Number 12648 Today's Subjects: ----------------- 2023 Custom Alien Christmas Ornaments - Early Bird Special 50% Off. ["Por] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2023 12:40:11 +0100 From: "Portable Solar" Subject: 2023 Custom Alien Christmas Ornaments - Early Bird Special 50% Off. 2023 Custom Alien Christmas Ornaments - Early Bird Special 50% Off. http://yetitundrasweep.shop/PnAZjC8PMIQO6SBypNhl3pvfS3lCKcVdVLQkBCXY9w7AgaVcmg http://yetitundrasweep.shop/mGbYdPfNdTxxEcwriPyM4eYLsuMKFqTcXVLy9D6LiOZxQrbi6Q Phoenicia was one of the first areas to be conquered by Alexander the Great during his military campaigns across western Asia. Alexander's main target in the Persian Levant was Tyre, now the region's largest and most important city. It capitulated after a roughly seven month siege, during which many of its citizens fled to Carthage. Tyre's refusal to allow Alexander to visit its temple to Melqart, culminating in the killing of his envoys, led to a brutal reprisal: 2,000 of its leading citizens were crucified and a puppet ruler was installed. The rest of Phoenicia easily came under his control, with Sidon surrendering peacefully. A naval action during Alexander the Great's Siege of Tyre (332 BC). Drawing by AndrC) Castaigne, 1888b89. Alexander's empire had a Hellenization policy, whereby Hellenic culture, religion, and sometimes language were spread or imposed across conquered peoples. However, Hellenisation was not enforced most of the time and was just a language of administration until his death. This was typically implemented through the founding of new cities, the settlement of a Macedonian or Greek urban elite, and the alteration of native place names to Greek. However, there was no organized Hellenization in Phoenicia, and with one or two minor exceptions, all Phoenician city-states retained their native names, while Greek settlement and administration appear to have been very limited. The Phoenicians maintained cultural and commercial links with their western counterparts. Polybius recounts how the Seleucid King Demetrius I escaped from Rome by boarding a Carthaginian ship that was delivering goods to ------------------------------ End of alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V14 #12648 ***********************************************