CIVILIZATION
PHOENICIAN
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Question
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Which was a legend of the Phoenician sea traders?
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Captains would allow ships to follow them so they could attack them.
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Captains would rather destroy their own ships than reveal their secret trade routes.
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Captains believed it was bad luck to navigate at night.
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Captains believed the hippocampus would attack them if they sailed in the wrong direction.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -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.
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.
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