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They had the entreprenarial urge, they had products to sell, and wanted products they did not have or make. So they developed a fleet of cargo vessels to move the produce, and a fleet of warships to protect their trading fleet and their trading stations around the Mediterranean.

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Where the Phoenicians able to have a learning system?

On the job training.


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