It was a trading empire which grew during the First Millennium BCE.
There was no Phoenician Empire - the Phoenicians were established in a series of independent city-states.
It was a trading empire.
It was a trading empire.
There was no Phoenician empire - it was a group of independent city-states based in the Levant. They were taken over by the Persian Empire, and later the Roman Empire.
The temple is Roman built on Phoenician foundations.
Each had its role in building up the Phoenician trading empire.
3000 BC
between Syria and Egypt
Across the Mediterranean
The formation of Sargon's empire occurred earlier than the beginning of Phoenician trade. Sargon of Akkad established his empire around 2334 BCE, while the Phoenician trade network began to develop significantly later, around 1200 BCE. Thus, Sargon's empire predates the rise of Phoenician trade by over a thousand years.
Carthage.
They were first absorbed into the Persian Empire, then the Roman Empire.