Foodstuffs, timber, minerals, manufactured goods.
Tyre, Sidon, Byblos, Carthage.
The name is Punic. Punic was the Roman name for the Phoenicians. The Carthaginians were Phoenicians who originated from Tyre, the main city on Phoenicia (Modern Lebanon).
Punicus was originally the Latin name for the Phoenicians. Later it came to mean Carthaginian (the Carthaginians were Phoenicians). The Punic Wars (there were three of them) were fought between Rome and Carthage.
Arete is queen of the Phaeacians.The Phoenicians are not in the Odyssey.
Malta is the city consisting of three islands where the Phoenicians settled in 1000BC.
The Punic Wars (Punic comes from the Greek word for Phoenicians - the Carthaginians were Phoenicians).
The Phoenicians competed with the Minoans for control over trade routes and maritime trade in the Mediterranean Sea. As skilled seafarers and traders, the Phoenicians sought to expand their influence and access to valuable resources, including tin and other commodities. This rivalry was crucial in shaping the commercial dynamics of the ancient Mediterranean world. Ultimately, the Phoenicians emerged as dominant traders, establishing their own colonies and trade networks.
We are often told that the Phoenicians invented the alphabet. Regardless of who put pen to papyrus to create it, the Phoenician contribution was none-the-less major and critical. They were the major sea-traders of the Mediterranean, and they went everywhere. When the Phoenicians began using the alphabet as a simple and easy way to keep track of their trades, it was exposed to everyone. Also they show the other countries that ships could travel around the globe trading important commodities. Phoenician mariners sailed to Mediterranean and southwestern European ports. The Phoenicians were the great merchants of ancient times. They sold rich treasures from many lands.
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The Phoenicians (later Carthaginians) operated a large merchant fleet throughout the Mediteraeanean and traded in all sorts of commodities. Such as Olives, oil, dates, iron, copper, leather, and so on.