The Phoenicians first traded their surplus produce, then moved on to add the 'carriage trade'. shipping other peoples' produce for them, having developed a cargo fleet and warships to protect their sea trading.
lumber, perfume, cloth, and glass trinkets all for gold and silk, salt, wood, glass, metalwork and other things
Exports Phoenician traders sold to other civilizations included Tyrian purple dye, cedar wood, fine linen, gold and other precious metals and stones, ores, foodstuffs, animal products, artwork, and slaves. However their real strength came from the carriage trade - moving goods for sale between other countries.
They exported timber, food, gems, dyes, imported foodstuffs, precious metals however their main effort was in carriage trade - carrying goods and slaves between other peoples and creaming off profits.
The Phoenicians used sea trade as the means to their prosperity. Originating in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, they branched out and formed settlements around the Mediterranean Sea. One of their most successful colonies became Carthage. This city-state became the predominant power in the Western Mediterranean with a huge commercial and naval fleet.
Phoenicians traded embroidered cloth,wood,carvings,glasswore
The Phoenicians were the great merchants of ancient times. They sold rich treasures from many lands.
The Phoenicians
The Hebrews and Phoenicians were the two ancient people that lived in the Levant.
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The Phoenicians were the ancient people who originated in Lebanon. It was the Phoenicians who founded the city of Carthage and the Carthaginian empire.
Through international trade, inventing astral navigation and inventing an alphabet to help communication and record keeping.
The Phoenicians contributed to ancient history by giving examples of how any society can benefit itself by using sea transport in trade with faraway nations. Peoples in contact with the Phoenicians could "copy" the versions of their various cargo and naval ships to their own benefit.
Trade.
Trade.
Traders.
The Phoenicians were a people who became prosperous through international trade.
The Hittites expanded militarily, the Phoenicians expanded through trade.