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They were trading colonies as bases for their trading activity around the Mediterranean.

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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.


How did Phoenicians spreads information and their culture throughout the Mediterranean?

(APEX) The Phoenicians were traders who traveled all over the region.


What was Phoenicians competed with Minoans control of?

The Phoenicians competed with the Minoans for control over trade routes and maritime trade in the Mediterranean Sea. As skilled seafarers and traders, the Phoenicians sought to expand their influence and access to valuable resources, including tin and other commodities. This rivalry was crucial in shaping the commercial dynamics of the ancient Mediterranean world. Ultimately, the Phoenicians emerged as dominant traders, establishing their own colonies and trade networks.


Phoenicians migrate to?

The Phoenicians went all over the western mediterranean (Like North Africa, Spain, Sicily, the Balearic islands, corsica and sardinia) setting up colonies. However their most important and historically settlement was Carthage (In modern day Tunisia) that grew so powerful that it was able to challenge Rome for control over the entire Western Mediterranean.


Why did the Phoenicians trade water?

Phoenicians did not trade water as water was not a commonly sought substance. (People drank beer and washed their clothes and themselves in rivers.) Phoenicians traded using ships to navigate over the Mediterranean Sea (water) to navigate between the different civilizations on the edges of the Mediterranean.


What impact did the Carthage colony have on the Phoenicians?

The Carthaginians were Phoenicians, and this initially gave them a base in the Western Mediterranean Sea. When Carthage increased its coverage over the whole area, it provided a source of goods flowing west and a market outlet going west.


Why didnt the Phoenicians march south and take over Assyria or Babylon?

The Phoenicians had limited land and a growing population. They were faced with the choice of either conquering more land or trading. They elected the trade option and established a profitable trading network around the Mediterranean.


Who settled west of the mediterranean sea?

Various groups settled west of the Mediterranean Sea, including the Phoenicians, who established trade colonies such as Carthage in present-day Tunisia. The Romans later expanded their influence throughout the region, particularly in areas like Spain and North Africa. Additionally, various indigenous peoples, such as the Berbers, inhabited parts of North Africa long before these settlements. Over time, these regions became a melting pot of cultures and civilizations.


When did the Phoenicians rule over Mesopotamia?

They didn't.


How did the Phoenicians avoid others from competing with them?

They pioneered the trade routes to the western Mediterranean, provided goods unique to them (special timbers, dyes and foodstuffs) and in addition established a 'carry trade' ie, moved goods they did not produce from one place to another. They established trading colonies throughout the Mediterranean and Black Seas and in Mesopotamia. By establishing large trading fleets, with war fleets to protect them, they were able to dominate trade in the area for several hundred years, until the rise of other powers took over control of the areas.


Who ruled over the Phoenicians?

For most of their early history the Phoenicians were independent. Then they came under the Seleucid Empire, a Greek state and then the Romans.


How did the Phoenicians settle in Carthage?

The Carthaginian city-state of Tyre established it as a trading station. It developed into independent city-state.