Phoenicians may have discovered the dye as early as 1750 BC. The Phoenicians established a second production center for the dye in Mogador, in present-day Morocco.
A system of government in which the state<span> plans and controls the economy and a single, often authoritarian party holds power, claiming to make progress toward a higher social order in which all goods are equally shared by the people.
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Every Greek man was expected to keep in shape in case he was called up to the military. (War in Greece was almost constant.)