They had to support an expanding population. They chose trade rather than conquest.
The Phoenicians contributed their language to the vast trading network.
The Phoenicians
The Phoenicians
A great trading empire
Trading..
Trading, farming and fishing.
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).
the phoenicians trading impact on the rest of the world was they sold them purple ink from the snails that washed up on the mediteranean sea
phoenicians chose the sea for trading because phoenicia's overland trade routes were blocked by mountains and hostile neighbors.
The Phoenicians.
The Mediterranean Sea.
Trading around the Mediterranean Sea.