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They first sold their goods to neighbours, then moved into the carriage trade - moving goods between other peoples and profiting from the sales.
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Who were the sea traders near Israel?
The Phoenicians?
Who where the greatest international sea traders of the ancient Near East were the?
PHOENICIANS
Did the ancient Israelites use the Mediterranean sea for trading?
The Israelites weren't known as mariners or traders; mostly farmers. The Phoenicians were the traders around the Mediterranean Sea.
What were the Phoenicians known as?
The Phoenicians were a Semitic people that built a sea trading civilization in the eastern part of the Mediterranean Sea. By trading overseas, they developed colonies all over the Mediterranean Sea. They built a powerful commercial empire in North Africa called Carthage.
When did the Phoenicians find shelter?
Their traders established trading stations at ports around the Mediterranean Sea.
What are the areas reached by the Phoenicians traders?
The Phoenician traders settled around the coastline of the Mediterranean Sea since they were expert sailors. Some of the places they went to trade were Carthage, in present-day Tunisia, Crete, and Sicily. There is a possible chance that Phoenicians have come to America because historians discovered what they think is a Phoenician coin on a beach on the east coast of the United States.
How did the Phoenicians alphabet spread?
They were sea traders, and were able to introduce their alphabet to the peoples they traded with around the Mediterranean Sea.
What did the Phoenicians helped spread civilization throughout the Mediterranean?
The Phoenicians were sea going traders, and traveled all around the Mediterranean. They were an advanced Civilization, and through their trade and contact with others they spread their knowledge and customs.
What effect did their sea trade have on the Phoenicians alphabet?
The Phoenician traders spread the alphabet through the Mediterranean Sea. It was taken up by the Greeks and adapted as their own alphabet, and they spread this to their own colonies.
Why were the Phoenicians considered to be expert sailors?
They used ships to trade around the Mediterranean Sea and as far as the eastern Atlantic islands and Britain.
What were Phoenicians great what?
They were the greatest traders in ancient times. They built good ships, were good sailors and were first to establish colonies along the coasts of the Mediterranean Sea.
Phoenicians were great what?
They were the greatest traders in ancient times. They built good ships, were good sailors and were first to establish colonies along the coasts of the Mediterranean Sea.
