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Phoenicians were an ancient Semitic people who inhabited city-states in Canaan along the Levantine coast of the eastern Mediterranean, primarily in present-day Lebanon and parts of coastal Syria. Their maritime civilization expanded and contracted over time, with its cultural core stretching from Arwad to Mount Carmel. Through trade and colonization, the Phoenicians extended their influence across the Mediterranean, from Cyprus to the Iberian Peninsula, leaving behind thousands of inscriptions.

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late Bronze Age Greek civilization

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century which lasted from the year 2000 BC to 1901 BC

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major volcanic eruption around 1600 BCE

meteorite crater in Estonia, main crater of a crater field

Codrus (; ; Greek: , Kódros) was the last of the semi-mythical Kings of Athens (r. ca 1089–1068 BC). He was an ancient exemplar of patriotism and self-sacrifice. He was succeeded by his son Medon, who it is claimed ruled not as king but as the first Archon of Athens. He was said to have traced his descent to the sea-God Poseidon through his father Melanthus.

prehistoric site of the Poverty Point culture in northeastern Louisiana, United States

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migrations out of the Pontic-Caspian steppe

thumb|Map of Mesopotamia during the kingdom of Shamshi-Adad I showing the location of Suhum, the homeland of Suteans The Suteans (Akkadian: Sutī’ū, possibly from Amorite: Šetī’u) were a nomadic Semitic people who lived throughout the Levant, Canaan, and Mesopotamia, specifically in the region of Suhum, during the Old Babylonian period. They were famous in Semitic epic poetry for being fierce nomadic warriors, and like the ʿApiru, traditionally worked as mercenaries. The Suteans spoke the Sutean language, an unattested language proposed to be related to either Aramaic or Arabic. They may have b

second period of human occupation in the Americas

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period in the archaeology of the Americas (1000 BCE – 500 CE)

thumb|Syrian Desert, where Ahlamu nomads were active The Ahlamu, or Aḫlamū, were a group or designation of Semitic semi-nomads. Their habitat was west of the Euphrates between the mouth of the Khabur and Palmyra.

era of the three biblical patriarchs, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, according to the narratives of Genesis 12–50

Plinian eruption of Vesuvius that created Avellino Pumice