History Of The Phoenicians

This band of Semitic-speaking people lived along the Mediterranean coast in the Palestine area. They were able to expand the foundation of prosperity and trade after the passing of the Hittite and Egyptian Empires. The Phoenicians produced goods such as purple dyes, glass, wine, and lumber to distribute at its ports in the Mediterranean and east of Mesopotamia. They created ships that helped the Phoenicians become international traders on routes in the Atlantic Ocean that connected them to Britain and Africa. With their improved ships, they could establish numerous colonies in Spain, Sicily, Sardinia, western Mediterranean, and Carthage. The Phoenicians were known to have simplified their writing to twenty-two different signs instead of