CIVILIZATION
MINOAN
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Question
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Which statement best describes Phoenicia and the phoenicians?
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Phoenicia included several independent city-states in Lebanon and Syria which traded and established colonies across the mediterranean
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Phoenicia was a large land empire based in Lebanon that spread out and conquered lands in Syria, Greece and North Africa.
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The Phoenicians originated on Crete and used ships to explore and extend their empire to include Greece, Egypt and Palestine.
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -According to ancient classical authors, the Phoenicians were a people who occupied the coast of the Levant (eastern Mediterranean). Their major cities were Tyre, Sidon, Byblos, and Arwad.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Phoenicians did not have a central government. Similar to the Greeks, their civilization consisted of a number of independent city-states. Their settlements and trading partners lined the coast of the Mediterranean, touching three continents.
Detailed explanation-3: -Definition. Phoenicia was an ancient civilization composed of independent city-states located along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea stretching through what is now Syria, Lebanon and northern Israel.
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