CIVILIZATION
ASSYRIAN
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Question
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Mountains
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Hostile neighbors
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water
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Hostile neighbors and mountains
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Detailed explanation-1: -Without enough land to feed their growing population, Phoenicians ventured abroad looking for land, resources, and trading partners. Some colonies, most notably Carthage, came to be more powerful than the original city-states.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Phoenicians settled on the Mediterranean Sea. They were part of the fertile crescent that extended from Mesopotamia to Egypt and beyond. The Phoenicians had a city on the eastern Mediterranean Sea called Tyre.
Detailed explanation-3: -They traveled widely and established colonies wherever they went. The major Phoenician trade routes were by sea to the Greek islands, across southern Europe, down the Atlantic coast of Africa, and up to ancient Britain. trading posts turned into large cities and fully developed colonies.