The kingdom is famous for producing bronze statuary comparable to the best craftsmanship of the European Renaissance is Benin.
It was primarily the action of eliminating the monarchy that was <span>inspired by enlightenment ideals and the American revolution, since the French Revolution was ultimately about creating a democracy and removing the King and Queen from power. </span>
So they can keep track of their work
The Phoenicians imported so much papyrus from Egypt that the Greeks used their name for the first great Phoenician port, Byblos, to refer to the ancient paper. The name Bible, or "the book," also derives from Byblos. Today, Spencer Wells says, "Phoenicians have become ghosts, a vanished civilization."
