A causeway was built to its largest city by Alexander the Great.
This civilization founded an early republic at the city of Arwad. Leprosy was once known as its namesake disease. Sidon, the birthplace of Jezebel, was the center of this civilization's glassmaking industry. It traded tin with Britain and copper with Cyprus. This civilization's trade depended almost entirely on harvesting Murex rock (*) snails. A causeway was built to its largest city by Alexander the Great. It had its first capital at Byblos. Its inhabitants were known as the "purple people" because they sold a valuable dye from Tyre. For 10 points, name this seafaring civilization of the Bronze Age Mediterranean, who introduced the modern alphabet.
This civilization founded an early republic at the city of Arwad.
Phoenicians