Who were the West's first notable seafarers, centered in the ports of Tyre, Sidon and Biblos?
A) the Phoenicians
B) the Israelites
C) the Assyrians
D) the Canaanites
E) the Philistines
Answer: A
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A) three progressives and a socialist. B) two conservative candidates. C) Wilson and Bryan's competing visions of reform. D) a white and a black candidate for the first time.
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