Built walls and trained soldiers.
Timber.
they build
From wood and metals.
Ships, trade, buildings.
It was established as one of their trading stations in the western Mediterranean, and grew to be a powerful city-state in its own right
The Phoenicians used Cedar trees to build their boats
The Cedar trees of Lebanon.
to build ships.
The answer is of course the afro-Phoenicians were the Carthaginians, who were Phoenicians who established their city and trading empire in north Africa (in today's Tunisia).
Beginning in 1796, they helped build the Citadel in Halifax as well as other defenses throughout the city.
Around the Mediterranean littoral.
Build defenses and train for combat.