The most important historical contribution of the Phoenicians was
A) the use of cedar wood for furniture.
B) the kings' merchant council.
C) slave-trading.
D) the elimination of human sacrifice.
E) the spread of Western culture and the alphabet, through their colonies.
Ans: E
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