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: -The people known to history as the Phoenicians occupied a narrow tract of land along the coast of modern Syria, Lebanon and northern Israel. They are famed for their commercial and maritime prowess and are recognised as having established harbours, trading posts and settlements throughout the Mediterranean basin.

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: -Perhaps the most significant contribution of the Phoenicians was an alphabetic writing system that became the root of the Western alphabets when the Greeks adopted it.