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Phoenicia was centered on the coastline on Lebanon on the more western, coastal part of the Fertile Crescent. Major Phoenicia cities stretched the coastline of the Mediterranean reaching as far as the Western Mediterranean.

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An ancient maritime country (a collection of city states) at eastern end of the Mediterranean, in modern day Lebanon, with a major city of Carthage 2,200 km to the west in Tunisia.

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Mesopotamia, and the successive empires there - Assyrian, Babylonian and Persian, all of which absorbed the Phoenician city-states.

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Where was the location of Phoenicia?

The Levant.


Where is the Phoenicia Library in Phoenicia located?

The address of the Phoenicia Library is: 9 Ava Maria Drive, Phoenicia, 12464 M


What is the phone number of the Phoenicia Library in Phoenicia?

The phone number of the Phoenicia Library is: 845-688-7811.


Who was the monarch of Phoenicia?

phoenicia is the old name of Lebanon


When were Greece and Persia fighting over Phoenicia?

They did not fight over Phoenicia.


How do you think Phoenicia's location helped them to control trade on the Mediterranean Sea?

In Lebanon and Syria, they had ready made seaports. Similarly when they colonised Carthage in Tunisia.


When was Phoenicia Railroad Station created?

Phoenicia Railroad Station was created in 1899.


Who called Phoenicia to Phoenicia?

Phoenicia derives from the ancient Greek word phoínios meaning "purple" - the colour of its popular dye made from sea snails.


Who is king of Phoenicia?

Phoenicia did not have a king. It was a collection of ethnically related independent city-states.


How was Phoenicia different from the rest of Sumer which allowed this society to thrive?

Phoenicia was not part of Sumer.


What state is Phoenicia in?

Phoenicia describes an ethnic group of independent city-states centered in the Levant.


Did Ancient Greek merchants compete with Phoenicia?

Yes, ancient Greek merchants compete with Phoenicia.