what country had trading colonies in the mediterranean
GREECE
They were trading colonies as bases for their trading activity around the Mediterranean.
They were trading stations spread around the central and western Mediterranean Sea.
In most of the world - just around the Mediterranean.
they wanted to make trading post
Their purpose was to be trading ports around the Mediterranean.
Phoenicians
They established trading stations rather than colonies, to promote their carry-trade activity.
Phoenicians
Trading posts from which they ran ships to carry good between the centres, from which trade they made a handsome profit.
It was a trading empire in the Western Mediterranean.