Their city-states were in today's Syria and Lebanon, plus Carthage in today's Tunisia.
They also established trading centres around the Mediterranean and Black Seas, and in Mesopotamia.
Mediterranean region
The Mediterranean Sea littoral.
A trading empire around the Mediterranean.
They established war fleets.
control of the seafaring trade in the Mediterranean
The rise of Rome, bent on gaining control of the Western Mediterranean.
The trading area in the Mediterranean Sea which the Phoenicians dominated.
A people who settled in the Levant and traded through the Mediterranean area.
the passage to te black seaA+
The Phoenicians were an agricultural society when they first settled in the Lebanon area. However with the limited farmland and a growing population, they turned to trade to expand their economies.
Carthage in North Africa.
They both settled in the area today known as Lebanon, Israel, Syria, the Palestinian Territories, and Jordan.
The Phoenicians are About 100 to 0BC
Phoenecian - a Semitic language.When Phoenicians were around, the areas under their control spoke Phoenician, Greek, and Punic. However, the Phoenicians no longer exist - where they were is now Lebanon. They existed from roughly 1550 BC to 300 BC.Phoenician of course, a sub-set of the Semitic language group which includes Arabic, Hebrew, Aramaic...