entity · term_phoenician
Phoenician
A classical and modern umbrella for coastal Levantine communities; early residents more often identified by city or local polity.
Review and provenance
Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.
Dataset workflow: proposed. This is separate from specialist review.
Confidence describes the stated assessment; it does not certify expert approval. How review works.
Chronology
Dating intervals may describe uncertainty or phases; their width alone does not establish event duration.
1200 BCE–500 BCE
Precision: approximate
- informs · defines
The Southern Roots of the Phoenician World — Ayelet Gilboa (2022)Provides archaeological/historical terminology.
Locator: early formation discussion - informs · contextualizes
The Geopolitics of the Phoenician Littoral in the Early Iron Age — Robert R. Stieglitz (1990)Supports city-network framing.
Locator: littoral political geography
Research description
A classical and modern umbrella for coastal Levantine communities; early residents more often identified by city or local polity. Website labels and tooltips must display the source date and meaning rather than normalize all periods into one identity.
Evidence and sources
- informs · defines
The Southern Roots of the Phoenician World — Ayelet Gilboa (2022)Provides archaeological/historical terminology.
Locator: early formation discussion - informs · contextualizes
The Geopolitics of the Phoenician Littoral in the Early Iron Age — Robert R. Stieglitz (1990)Supports city-network framing.
Locator: littoral political geography
Referenced records
- Southern Levant · entity