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dye
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...logwood), from animals (e.g., cochineal , kermes, and Tyrian purple), and from certain naturally occurring minerals (e...ago, including indigo, probably the oldest dye in use, and Tyrian purple, derived from a species of snail. The Egyptians prepared...
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Perkin, William Henry
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...instant recognition of the commercial possibilities the new dye presented. Mauve's Debut Perkin originally named his dye Tyrian Purple (also called aniline purple and mauveine), but it later became commonly known as mauve (from the French for the plant...
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Tyre
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...Carthage in the 9th cent. BC Tyre was famous for its industries, such as textile manufactures, and particularly for the purple Tyrian dye. Throughout its long history Tyre frequently came under foreign rule. It was besieged by the Assyrians and the Chaldaeans...
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Baal
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...also Satan ). The Baal of 1 Chronicles is probably the same as Ramah 2. As cognates of Baal in other Semitic languages there are Bel (in Babylonian religion) and the last elements in the Tyrian names Jezebel, Hasdrubal, and Hannibal.
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Phoenicia
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...development of their seagoing culture. The Phoenicians made a variety of metal articles. They also colored cloth the famous Tyrian purple ( Phoenicia is the Greek word for "purple" ) with dye obtained from shellfish and were famous for their finely carved...
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Ahab
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...biblical account of Ahab's reign is most interesting in its religious aspects. To the devout, Ahab's foreign wife, with her Tyrian cults and behavior, represented evil. Besides, she was a willful woman and entertained exalted ideas of royal prerogative...
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