CIVILIZATION
PHOENICIAN
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Transportation and war
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Manufacturing and trade
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Hunting and fishing
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Sailing and trade
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Phoenicians built trading colonies in Spain, North Africa, and on many islands in the Mediterranean. Their success was because they had very advanced ships. They were fast and could sail through rough water.
Detailed explanation-2: -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: -Along with their famous purple dyes, Phoenician sailors traded textiles, wood, glass, metals, incense, papyrus, and carved ivory. In fact, the word “Bible, ‘’ from the Greek biblion, or book, came from the city of Byblos. It was a center of the trade of papyrus, a common writing material in the ancient world.