did they colonize any area?
They established numerous colonies and trading posts along the coasts of the Mediterranean.
Phoenicia
To facilitate their commercial ventures, the Phoenicians established numerous colonies and trading posts along the coasts of the Mediterranean
who opened trade between india and the mediterranean world The Roman Empire. which items were traded? Animals. which were the major ports on the roman side? Arsinoe, Berenice and Myos Hormos. when was this trade started? 130 BCE through which waterbody did this trade take place? Mediterranean Sea. which ancient civilizations were there around it apart from the one discussed above?? The Greek city states and the Phoenicians. when did the last civilization reach its peak? In the Iron Age.
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Phoenicia [SEP] Phoenician colonization
To facilitate their commercial ventures, the Phoenicians established numerous colonies and trading posts along the coasts of the Mediterranean. Phoenician city states generally lacked the numbers or even the desire to expand their territory overseas. Few colonies had more than 1,000 inhabitants; only Carthage and some nearby settlements in the western Mediterranean would grow larger. A major motivating factor was competition with the Greeks, who began expanding across the Mediterranean during the same period. Though a largely peaceful rivalry, their respective settlements in Crete and Sicily did clash intermittently. The earliest Phoenician settlements outside the Levant were on Cyprus and Crete, gradually moving westward towards Corsica, the Balearic Islands, Sardinia, and Sicily, as well as on the European mainland in Genoa and Marseilles.