The Phoenicians were renowned seafarers and traders in the ancient Mediterranean. They established colonies and trade routes across the region, forging commercial connections with various cultures. They used their advanced shipbuilding skills to navigate the waters, transporting goods such as textiles, precious metals, glassware, and pottery. The Phoenicians also developed a standardized system of weights and measures to facilitate trade and used their alphabet to record transactions.
The Phoenicians were a people who became prosperous through international trade.
Trade.
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food
Timber, dyes, foodstuffs, minerals, jewels.
Demand from other countries and the eagerness of the Phoenicians to trade.
Profit.
Phoenicians
Phoenicians did not trade water as water was not a commonly sought substance. (People drank beer and washed their clothes and themselves in rivers.) Phoenicians traded using ships to navigate over the Mediterranean Sea (water) to navigate between the different civilizations on the edges of the Mediterranean.
Trade.
Trade.