Phoenicia

Construction, shipbuilding and trade.

An alphabet to improve writing efficiency.

They had a fleet of armed vessels to conduct the trade, and established trading depots in the areas of interest.

Syria-Lebanon, extending to Carthage in Tunisia and Carthaginia in Spain.

Egyptians

It was a series of independent city-states.

The Phoenician alphabet was important because it was easier to read than cuneiform, it was made out of letters, not picture symbols. It made life easier for the Phoenicians and it helped trade spread. It also evolved many other alphabets like the Greek, Latin, and of course the English alphabet. Some parts in the bible are written in Phoenician.

You mean those ancient people who were known as ship-builders and fishermen, who hardly ever set foot more than 50 miles inland but traded with and spread culture among everybody all around the coast of the Mediterranean ? Nah, no effect, not really.

It was in Syria-Lebanon.

They traded timber, minerals, gems, dyes, foodstuffs. The y greatly expanded it by engaging in carriage trade, ie carrying all types of commodities between other cities and peoples, and making a profit o the transactions.

The Greeks added eight extra letters and modified the symbols for the letters.

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Cargo ships to carry on the trade of its own exports and imports, and the carry-trade it developed between other areas.

Warships to protect the cargo trade.

Permanent local trading stations from which to carry out this trade as it expanded.

They went by ship and established trading bases. These extended around the Mediterranean and Black Seas, and as far as Cornwall (in Brittan - for tin). This included (modern names) Cyprus, Italy, Malta, Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily, Spain, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Portugal, Spain, England, Iraq.

The kings of the main city-states - Tyre, Sidon, Byblos, Carthage.

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They established trade routes around the Mediterranean, even going as far as Cornwall to trade for tin. And the established naval power to protect this trade from pirates and other competitors/predators.

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Egypt ran along the river valleys which where the fertile, watered land was used for food crops, so there was no significant tree growth available. So they imported timber from the forests in Syria-Palestine.

The Phoenicians are famous for developing one of the first alphabets, which greatly influenced later writing systems. They were also renowned for their purple dye, known as Tyrian purple, extracted from murex snails and highly valued in ancient times for its vibrant color. This dye became a symbol of wealth and status, contributing to the Phoenicians' prosperity as sea traders in the Mediterranean.

Phoenicia evolved in the Levant as independent city-states which developed their own agricultural and commercial framework. The city-states were located around the coastline and rivers and prospered or otherwise according to their assets and governance. As independent entities, their governments were responsible to the citizens to produce security and prosperity, so each governmet acted to ensure its ongoing acceptance by its people. This provided a unity of purpose which made the cities stable and cooperative, and avoided the stark divisions between rulers and pople, each dependent on the other to achieve success, stability and prosperity.

They were a people who lived in the Levant, traded around the Mediterranean, and invented an alphabet.

We are often told that the Phoenicians invented the alphabet. Regardless of who put pen to papyrus to create it, the Phoenician contribution was none-the-less major and critical. They were the major sea-traders of the Mediterranean, and they went everywhere. When the Phoenicians began using the alphabet as a simple and easy way to keep track of their trades, it was exposed to everyone. Also they show the other countries that ships could travel around the globe trading important commodities. Phoenician mariners sailed to Mediterranean and southwestern European ports. The Phoenicians were the great merchants of ancient times. They sold rich treasures from many lands.

It allowed words to be accurately depicted, as opposed to the symbols of earlier systems which depicted syllables. Greek and Roman writing followed this system, and it is the basis of our alphabetic writing today.