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.
The Phoenician People. The Phoenicians were a seafaring trading company who called themselves Canaanites, meaning merchant, which describes the Phoenicians very well. T he Canaanite civilization began to develop in the modern day land which is Lebanon, parts of Syria and Israel, circa 3000 B.C.he Phoenicians traded with the Greeks, and shared the alphabet with them. The original Phoenician alphabet had 22 letters, and was adopted by the Greeks, who added four letters, all 26 of which we use today.