Phoenician Fun by Harold Somers
Introduction
The Phoenician script can be dated at around 1050 BCE, and from it the Arabic, Hebrew and by extension Greek, Roman, and Cyrillic scripts evolved.
The Problem
The Phoenician civilization was centered along the Mediterranean coast in an area known as Cana’an. The map below shows a number of Phoenician cities and nearby cities that were important trading partners. The spellings reflect their pronunciation in Phoenician. However, two of the cities on the map are shown with their modern names which are very different from what they were called in Phoenician times.
The Question
Match up the Phoenician names in the list below with the names on the map. Remember, two of the names will not match, so you should have two names left over.
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Match the names below with the numbers above. There will be two cities left unmatched.
| Aynuk | ? |
| Beritos | ? |
| Ebla | ? |
| Halab | ? |
| Megiduw | ? |
| Palmyra | ? |
| Qadesh | ? |
| Riblah | ? |
| Tripoli | ? |
| Sarepta | ? |
Acknowledgements
This question is 2013G from the NACLO problem set developed by Harold Somers.