During the most flourishing times of Sidon and Tyre, the land of the Phoenicians was a perpetual apple of contention between the powers that ruled on the Euphrates and on the Nile, and was subject sometimes to the Assyrians, sometimes to the Egyptians.
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"During the most flourishing times of Sidon and Tyre, the land of the Phoenicians was a perpetual apple of contention between the powers that ruled on the Euphrates and on the Nile, and was subject sometimes to the Assyrians, sometimes to the Egyptians." — Theodor Mommsen
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During the most flourishing times of Sidon and Tyre, the land of the Phoenicians was a perpetual apple of contention between the powers that ruled on the Euphrates and on the Nile, and was subject sometimes to the Assyrians, sometimes to the Egyptians. — Theodor Mommsen
About Theodor Mommsen
Theodor Mommsen was a Historian from Kingdom of Prussia (1817–1903).
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This quote is attributed to Theodor Mommsen, a Historian from Kingdom of Prussia.
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Theodor Mommsen lived from 1817 – 1903.