WORLD CIVILIZATION

Detailed explanation-1: -Trading ships known as gauloi, or “round ships, ‘’ were built with rounded hulls and curved sterns. The gauloi had a giant rectangular sail in its center, which hung from a yard and could turn to catch the wind.

Detailed explanation-2: -A trireme(/ˈtraɪriːm/ TRY-reem; derived from Latin: trirēmis “with three banks of oars"; cf. Greek triērēs, literally “three-rower") was an ancient vessel and a type of galley that was used by the ancient maritime civilizations of the Mediterranean Sea, especially the Phoenicians, ancient Greeks and Romans.

Detailed explanation-3: -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.