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Where were most Phoenician colonies located?
They were trading stations spread around the central and western Mediterranean Sea.
Why couldn't Phoenician colonies unite?
Phoenician colonies were trading stations rather than colonies. The one which developed into a city-state - Carthage - simply became independent, matching Phoenicia itself, which was not a country but rather a collection of independent city-states.
What was the purpose of Phoenician colonies along the Mediterranean coast?
Trading posts from which they ran ships to carry good between the centres, from which trade they made a handsome profit.
What areas did the Phoenician reach and the areas they colonized?
Trading stations on the Mediterranean littoral, and to the Canary Islands and Cornwall, with colonies at Carthage in Africa and New Carthage in Iberia.
Why would the Phoenicians need to establish colonies in far-away lands?
They were trading stations - as great traders, the Phoenician need local bases to carry out this trade and protect it.
The Phoenician colonies never united because of what?
Their purpose was to be trading ports around the Mediterranean.
How does colony relate to Phoenicians?
The Phoenician established a colony at Carthage in Tunisia which became a prominent power in the western Mediterranean. They also established trading stations/colonies around the Mediterranean and Black Seas, and in Babylon.
Why did the Phoenicians build colonies all over the mediterranean sea?
They were trading colonies as bases for their trading activity around the Mediterranean.
Where were the Phoenician located?
In today's Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, and in Carthage in Tunisia.
What was the relationship between trade and the spread pf the Phoenician alphabet?
The Phoenicians traded around the Mediterranean Sea, and so sowed their alphabet in those places, which found it useful for their own communications, better then the pictograms and syllabic writings they used.
Why didn't the Phoenician colonies unite?
When they settled in Syria-Lebanon, their different tribes formed independent city-states each with their separate land, city centre and government. These cities liked their independence and had no desire to submit to other cities.
What was important about the Phoenician trade routes?
They had Phoenician trading colonies established along them to promote local exchange of goods, and were located at appropriate locations around the Mediterranean Sea, and as far as Britain where tin was brought back from.
