Question
Because of the foul smell caused by processing this good in the sun, Sidon outsourced its workshop producing it to the nearby city of Sarepta. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this good that, according to Pliny the Elder, was made with a mash mixed with salt. Members of the genus murex were killed by the thousands in order to produce a usable portion of this good.
ANSWER: purple dye [or Tyrian Purple; accept royal purple or imperial purple; prompt on dye]
[10e] Purple dye of the Iron Age was produced in Sidon and Tyre by these people of the Mediterranean coast, who created the first alphabet that inspired Greek and Roman writing.
ANSWER: Phoenicians [prompt on Canaanites]
[10h] Trade with glassworkers from Tyre and Sidon also led to the Egyptian form of this material, a form of ceramic with vibrant colors like the bright blues found in a hippo sculpture nicknamed William.
ANSWER: Egyptian faience [prompt on quartz]
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