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Wiki Education assignment: The Phoenicians - Cunning Seafarers edit

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This article is currently the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 24 January 2024 and 15 May 2024. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Phoeniciansea2024 (article contribs). Peer reviewers: Jking1304, ColinMc0529, Willbatchelder.

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there are significant copyvios in this article. entire paragraphs are copied with the lightest of edits or paraphrasing

some examples below. It needs a significant rewrite

The article

Both overpopulation in the Levant and the allure of trade played a significant role in prompting the Phoenicians to migrate west.

The source [1]

Both overpopulation in the Levant and the allure of trade played a significant role in the push towards migration.

The article

new pottery and radiocarbon dates confirm that the Phoenicians started migrating westwards before the Assyrians imposed tribute on their homeland

The source [2]

new pottery and radiocarbon dates confirm that the Phoenicians started migrating westwards before the Assyrian Empire put pressure on their homeland\

The article

The densest Phoenician settlement in North Africa was on the coasts of present-day Tunisia,

The source [3]

The densest Phoenician settlement in North Africa was to be found on on the coasts of what is now Tunisia,

The article

The native peoples had to give up the largest and best part of the coast to the Phoenician settlers.

The source [4]

To the Phoenicians the native peoples had to give up the largest and best part of the Northern coast

the rest of this paragraph is an extremely close paraphrase

The article

The absence of Phoenician records detailing their migrations, combined with the fact that many sites remain either partially or completely unexcavated,

The source [5]

With no Phoenician acount detailing their migrations, and with the majority of sites remaining either partially or completely unexcavated,

2001:8F8:1B69:1AFD:30A9:6768:87CA:4A82 (talk) 08:49, 3 May 2024 (UTC)Reply

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