With limited land and a burgeoning population they had to either conquer more land or trade. They chose trade.
The Phoenicians traveled to America because they were exiled for their religion.
Although the land was rich, there was not enough rich soil to grow food for all the people.
With an expanding population, they had to either conquer new lands or opt for trade.
Their population was outgrowing the capacity of the Levant to support them, so they had the choice of trade or conquering new lands. They chose trade.
To trade and acquiring goods.
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They were close to the seas, and farming was not an easy occupation at the time.
Traders and inventers of an alphabet.
Traders.
traders and sailors
The Phoenicians become the greatest traders and the best sailors and navigators of the pre-classical world. They only shipped certain goods and became the only traders in those goods that gave them a monopoly in some areas.
The Phoenicians?
Phoenicians
They were not forced - they fould it was a great source of revenue and prosperity, and engaged in it very willingly for that reason.
Phoenicians
No, the Phoenicians were sailors and traders long before the Hebrews.
Phoenicians were great sailors, mariners, navigators, traders. They virtually invented the idea of "ocean shipping".
(APEX) The Phoenicians were traders who traveled all over the region.