WORLD CIVILIZATION

Detailed explanation-1: -The Phoenician area was later divided into four vassal kingdoms-Sidon, Tyre, Arwad, and Byblos-which were allowed considerable autonomy.

Detailed explanation-2: -Phoenician civilization lasted from approximately 1550 to 300 B.C.E., when the Persians, and later the Greeks, conquered Tyre. The Phoenicians are primarily remembered as adept sailors and cunning merchants.

Detailed explanation-3: -Its location along major trade routes led its inhabitants, called Phoenicians, to become notable merchants, traders, and colonizers in the 1st millennium bce. The chief cities of Phoenicia (excluding colonies) included Byblos, Sidon, Tyre, and Berot (modern Beirut).