WORLD CIVILIZATION

Detailed explanation-1: -The Phoenicians were the greatest traders in the ancient world for the period between 1000 B.C.E. and 600 B.C.E. These were highly skilled shipbuilders and sailors built strong and fast sailing vessels to carry their goods. They learned how to navigate and how to use the North Star to sail at night.

Detailed explanation-2: -Article. The Phoenicians, based on a narrow coastal strip of the Levant, put their excellent seafaring skills to good use and created a network of colonies and trade centres across the ancient Mediterranean.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Phoenicians were the greatest traders in the ancient world. They were very skilled shipbuilders and sailors. They built strong and fast boats to carry their goods. The Phoenicians learned how to sail and how to use the North Star.

Detailed explanation-4: -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.