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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.

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They were sea-traders who operated around the Mediterranean Sea littoral.

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Mediterranean region

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The Mediterranean Sea littoral.

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Did the Phoenicians control anyone?

A trading empire around the Mediterranean.


How did the Phoenicians control the sea far from Phoenicia?

They established war fleets.


Phoenicians competed with Minoans for control of what?

control of the seafaring trade in the Mediterranean


What was a problem that the Phoenicians had?

The rise of Rome, bent on gaining control of the Western Mediterranean.


What is the Phoenician Triangle?

The trading area in the Mediterranean Sea which the Phoenicians dominated.


Who werethe Phoenicians?

A people who settled in the Levant and traded through the Mediterranean area.


Phoenicians competed with Minoans for control of .?

the passage to te black seaA+


Why did the the Phoenicians not develop into an agricultural society?

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.


What was the name given to the permanent settlements of Phoenicians as they sailed the Mediterranean area?

Carthage in North Africa.


What area did both the hebrews and Phoenicians settle?

They both settled in the area today known as Lebanon, Israel, Syria, the Palestinian Territories, and Jordan.


How old were the Phoenicians?

The Phoenicians are About 100 to 0BC


What languages were spoken by the Phoenicians?

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...