WORLD CIVILIZATION

Detailed explanation-1: -Historians say the Phoenicians took cats on their trading voyages to trade and to help keep the rats on their ships under control. They found that many of the people they traded with liked white cats, while the Phoenicians preferred orange striped tomcats.

Detailed explanation-2: -Consequently, the Phoenicians not only imported what they needed and exported what they themselves cultivated and manufactured but they could also act as middlemen traders transporting goods such as papyrus, textiles, metals, and spices between the many civilizations with whom they had contact.

Detailed explanation-3: -The main natural resources of the Phoenician cities in the eastern Mediterranean were the prized cedars of Lebanon and murex shells used to make the purple dye. Phoenician artisans were skilled in wood, ivory, and metalworking, as well as textile production.