because mountains there were mountains to the east and north
The Phoenicians use the sea for trade because the alternative - slow 1 ton carts was impossibly over distances greater than 60 km, and their trade distances were in 1,000s of km.
The Phoenicians use the sea for trade because the alternative - slow 1 ton carts was impossibly over distances greater than 60 km, and their trade distances were in 1,000s of km.
For consumption and trade.
The Phoenicians were a people who became prosperous through international trade.
For consumption or carry-trade.
To use in daily life, and for trade.
The first people to use sailboats are said to be Egyptians and Phoenicians by using a piece of cloth on a long log. They were used later on extensively in the Mediteranean Sea to trade, and even later in the Indian Ocean trade network.
Timber, dyes, foodstuffs, minerals, jewels.
They established their city-states mainly on the coast of the Levant, and became sea-faring, extending their trading reach throughout the Mediterranean and as far as Britain. In the west, they were able to use the land trade routes to Mesopotamia.
Civilisation arises where there is a surplus of produce which allows a society to go beyond a daily struggle for survival food to being able to use the surplus for other purposes. Phoenician trade around the Mediterranean promoted prosperity and hence the advancement of civilisation. This trade, in an era before mechanised transport, depended on sea transport. Wagons were too slow and limited in carrying capacity. The Phoenicians developed a trading fleet, and a war fleet to protect it, which enabled the trade to expand and prosper, and so allow the prosperity of other areas to advance.
The Israelites weren't known as mariners or traders; mostly farmers. The Phoenicians were the traders around the Mediterranean Sea.
Civilisation arises where there is a surplus of produce which allows a society to go beyond a daily struggle for survival food to being able to use the surplus for other purposes. Phoenician trade around the Mediterranean promoted prosperity and hence the advancement of civilisation. This trade, in an era before mechanised transport, depended on sea transport. Wagons were too slow and limited in carrying capacity. The Phoenicians developed a trading fleet, and a war fleet to protect it, which enabled the trade to expand and prosper, and so allow the prosperity of other areas to advance.