The Phoenicians inhabited the region of modem Lebanon and Syria from about 3000 BC.
腓尼基人从大约公元前3000年起就居住在这个地区，也就是现在的黎巴嫩和叙利亚。
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It was also carved by the Phoenicians, and the same skil1 was adapted to even more precious work in ivory.
它也是由腓尼基人雕刻的，并且同样的技艺被用于制作更为珍贵的象牙制品。
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Carthage was the largest of the towns founded by the Phoenicians on the north African coast, and it rapidly assumed a leading position among the neighboring colonies.