WORLD CIVILIZATION

CIVILIZATION

PHOENICIAN

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The Phoenicians helped spread civilization throughout the Mediterranean area by
A
using ships to trade goods and ideas with other peoples.
B
Traveling by caravan across the lands westward .
C
conquering all the lands west of the Persian Gulf.
D
controlling the supply of a valuable purple dye.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The wealth of Phoenician cities such as Tyre, Sidon and Byblos was based on trade. Indeed, it was the search for new goods and new markets that caused the Phoenicians to found colonies. Phoenician civilization first developed in the Levant.

Detailed explanation-2: -Phoenicia, ancient region along the eastern coast of the Mediterranean that corresponds to modern Lebanon, with adjoining parts of modern Syria and Israel. Its location along major trade routes led its inhabitants, called Phoenicians, to become notable merchants, traders, and colonizers in the 1st millennium bce.

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