They were masters of the trade in the Mediterranean Basin and they invented the ancestor of all the present-day Indo-European languages.
Phoenicia derives from the ancient Greek word phoínios meaning "purple" - the colour of its popular dye made from sea snails.
Phoenicia's location along the eastern Mediterranean coast allowed for easy access to trade routes, enabling the Phoenicians to become skilled sailors and traders. The region's natural harbors also made it a strategic location for maritime activities and commerce.
Timber, foodstuffs, dyes.
They were trading colonies, and therefore the basis of their prosperity.
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Trade around the Mediterranean Sea and with Mesopotamia.
The purple dye made from shellfish.
Phoenicia was comprised of independent city-states. The main ones were Tyre, Sidon, Byblos and Carthage.
The address of the Phoenicia Library is: 9 Ava Maria Drive, Phoenicia, 12464 M
The phone number of the Phoenicia Library is: 845-688-7811.
phoenicia is the old name of Lebanon
Independent city-states in today's Lebanon-Syria and at Carthage.