There's one thing the whole world, not just the Mediterranean, should thank the Phoencians for, and that's the alphabet. Latin (that's the one we use), Greek, Hebrew, Russian or Cyrillic, Arabic and Runic are all children of their letter system.
Mediterranean.
Yes.
The Mediterranean Sea.
The Mediterranean Sea.
The eastern Mediterranean Sea.
Phoenicia in the Levant, with trading stations around the Mediterranean. One became a city and then expanded into Spain - Carthage.
Trade around the Mediterranean Sea and with Mesopotamia.
Many Phoenician city-states were coastal, enabling them to become seafarers and trade around the Mediterranean.
Phoenicia.
It was the main trader around the Mediterranean Sea.
Mediterranean
It covered today's Syria, Lebanon with trading outposts around the Mediterranean.