WORLD CIVILIZATION

Detailed explanation-1: -They built commercial colonies in Rhodes, Cyprus, Sicily, Sardinia, Spain, and north Africa. This gave them a network of ports in the Mediterranean. There’s also evidence that they ventured far west to what is now Spain and beyond to the Atlantic coast of Africa.

Detailed explanation-2: -These sailors wove between them a web of relationships all across the Mediterranean. It was Greek-speakers who named their illustrious predecessors Phoenician. We don’t know what these people called themselves, or if they identified with any group larger than their own city-state.

Detailed explanation-3: -Sea Traders Because they didn’t have much room for growing crops, the ancient Phoenicians turned to the Mediterranean Sea and became traders instead of farmers. They created glassware from the sand along the coast to trade for things they needed.