They established colonies in Sicily an North Africa (where the great trading city of Carthage became famous as one of Ancient Rome‘s most formidable foes), and as far west as Spain (the port of Cadiz is the ancient Phoenician city of Gades).
It was an enterprising maritime trading culture that spread across the Mediterranean from 1550 BCE to 300 BCE. Several major Phoenician cities were built on the coastline of the Mediterranean. Phoenicia was an ancient civilization in Canaan which covered most of the western, coastal part of the Fertile Crescent.
History Time Maps of the Phoenician Civilization
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