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=Phoenician Empire=

The Phoenicians were mainly sea farers and sailed around the mediterranean trading goods. Phoenicia was located around now day lebanon. They never united into a country instead they found many city-states around the mediterranean that sometimes competed with each other. The first cities in Phoenicia were Byblos, Tyre, and Sidon they were also the most important trading posts.



**Why should I care?** THey created the phonetic alphabet