Between the period of 1200 BC and 900 BC there was no major military power in Mesopotamia. Therefor smaller states like Phoenicia and the Hebrew kingdom were able to prosper.These kingdoms especially the Phoenicians started to trade throughout the Mediterranean region.
Phoenicia is the Greek name for the country and people living on the coast of Syria in ancient times at the east end of the Mediterranean Sea.
It is believed that economic opportunity and population pressures forced them out into the seas. Areas where their colonies have been found: Sardinia Cyprus, and Carthage-most important and lasting colony
By far they were superior to all peoples of that time in seamanship. Phoenician trade was founded on the Tyrian purple dye, a violet-purple dye derived from the shell of the Murex sea-snail,
Phoenicia is the Greek name for the country and people living on the coast of Syria in ancient times at the east end of the Mediterranean Sea.
It is believed that economic opportunity and population pressures forced them out into the seas. Areas where their colonies have been found: Sardinia Cyprus, and Carthage-most important and lasting colony
By far they were superior to all peoples of that time in seamanship. Phoenician trade was founded on the Tyrian purple dye, a violet-purple dye derived from the shell of the Murex sea-snail,