member of a Teutonic tribe, Old English, from Latin Angli the Angles, literally people of Angul (Old Norse Ãngull), a region in what is now Holstein, said to be so-called for its hook-like shape (see angle (n.)). People from the tribe there founded the kingdoms of Mercia, Northumbia, and East Anglia in 5c. Britain.
Who Were the Greeks? Classicist Dr Michael Scott uncovers the strange, alien world of the ancient Greeks. He asks who were these people who gave us democracy, architecture, philosophy, language, literature and sport. Not available.
Phoenicians. 1  One of a people of ancient Phoenicia.They were merchants, traders, and colonizers who probably arrived from the Persian Gulf c. 3000 BC. 2  The Phoenicians were one of the greatest traders of their time and owe a great deal to their prosperities to trade.