CIVILIZATION
PHOENICIAN
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Question
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Why did the Phoenicians make up stories about sea monsters?
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They were not made up-sea monsters are real!
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To scare other people from trying to compete with them for trade.
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To entertain the people that they traded with.
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The Phoenicians worshiped the sea monsters as gods.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The Growth of Trade built cities and towns along a narrow strip of land between the mountains and the sea. Although the land was rich, there was not enough to grow food for all of the people. For this reason, many Phoenicians turned to the sea to make a living.
Detailed explanation-2: -Their broad-bottomed single-sail cargo ships transported goods from Lebanon to the Atlantic coast of Africa, Britain, and even the Canary Islands, and brought goods back in the opposite direction, stopping at trade centres anywhere else between.
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