Ilya Sholeimovich Shifman — Phoenician

Moscow, Publishing House of Eastern Literature, 1963. First edition. Paperback. A smart copy of this very scarce historical study of the Phoenician colonization of the Western Mediterranean area, in the original Russian. Russian. First edition. Very scarce. A culmination of Shifman's post-graduate studies at the department of Ancient Greece and Rome of the Leningrad State University, this work concentrates on the Phoenician colonization of the Western Mediterranean area and their methods of communication. The Phoenicians were an ancient Semitic group who lived in city-states along a coastal strip in the Levant region of the Mediterranean. They developed a maritime civilization and were known for their prowess in trade, seafaring and navigation as they dominated commerce across classical antiquity and developed an expansive maritime trade network lasting over a millennium. Written by Ilya Sholeimovich Shifman, a Soviet historian, Orientalist and Classics scholar. In the original paper wraps. Externally, smart with light wear to the extremities and the odd small mark to the wraps. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout with the odd small crease to the foredge. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .