Female Phoenician Names

The Name Fiend is back!
This time I've got a bunch of names from Phoenicia!

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HISTORY OF PHOENICIA
The Phoenicians lived in what is now modern Lebanon
Three of their most important city states were Sidon,Tyre and Byblos

Sidon was the oldest city
Phoenicians were originally called Sidonians
Sidonians excelled in sea trade and traded extensively with Greece

Tyre was known for its red-purple cloth
It was from the Greek word phoinikia, meaning purple, that the word Phoenician developed

From 1200-800 B.C. Phoenicia was at its height
Phoenicians were among the greatest traders and merchants of their time

Phoenicians established dozens of colonies throughout the Mediterranean
Hippo, in Algeria and Cadiz in Spain were both Phoenician colonies.

Tyre eventually became the leading city of Phoenicia
Tyre was known as The Crowning City, whose Merchants are Princes
Rulers of Tyre were regarded as rulers of all Phoenicia
Jezebel, the wife of Israel's King Ahab, was from Tyre

CARTHAGE
In the 9th c. B.C. Princess Dido of Tyre founded the city of Carthage in Tunisia
For 600 years Carthage was a powerful city and major seaport
Carthage's navy was one of the largest in the Mediterranean
The famous general, Hannibal was from Carthage

CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE PHOENICIANS
Phoenicians excelled at working with glass and invented glass blowing
Phoenicians were renowned for their woods, metals, and construction

King Solomon asked the Phoenicians for help in building the Temple of Jerusalem

Phoenicians had extensive commerce with Egyptians and sold them the cedar resine used for mummification

Another important contribution the Phoenicians made was to develop a 22 letter alphabet,
which revolutionized written communication

PHOENICIAN DEITIES
The Phoenicians worshipped many different gods

Baal Addir...............Patron of Byblos
Baal Hammon.........The god of fertility and strength, patron of Carthage
Baal Melqart....... The god of storms, patron of Tyre
Baal Qarnaim....... A title of Baal Hammon
Baal Shamayim..... Patron of Byblos
Baal Shemen........ Parton of Byblos, consort of Baalat Gebal
Baal Zephon........ The god of storms and the sea
Eshmun................ The god of healing, patron of Sidon
Resheph............... The god of plagues, war and lightning
Tammuz............... The god of fertility and rebirth
Yarikh................ The god of the moon and dew

Anath................ The goddess of love and war
Asherah............. The Mother goddess, Queen of Heaven
Astarte.............. The goddess of war and fertility
Athirat............... The personification of the earth, wife of Shamayin
Baalat Gebal....... Patroness of Byblos
Nikkal............... The goddess of orchards, wife of Yarikh
Shapash........... The goddess of the sun
Tanit................. The goddess of the moon, patroness of Carthage, wife of Baal Hammon

Ritual bloodletting, prostitution and castration were part of Phoenician worship
Human sacrifice was also practiced, particularly the sacrifice of infants
When Jezebel married Ahab she introduced Phoenician worship to Israel
It was against Jezebel's prophets of Baal and Asherah that the Prophet Elijah fought against.

Learning all of this gives one a greater appreciation for what he was up against! (Exodus 20:3)