The Phoenician culture thrived from around 1200 B. C.E to 1400 B. C.E. The Phoenician people were sailors and traders. A. 1200 B. C.E to 700 B. C.E

B. 1200 B. C.E to 1400 B. C.E

The Phoenicians were the greatest traders in the ancient world for the period between 1000 B.C.E. and 600 B.C.E. These were highly skilled shipbuilders and sailors built strong and fast sailing vessels to carry their goods.

Explanation:

The Phoenician culture originated in the Eastern Mediterranean region of the Levant (Southern Syria, Lebanon and Northern Israel) in the 2nd millennium BCE (although this area had been settled since the Neolithic period). The Phoenicians founded the coastal city-states of Byblos, Sidon and Tyre (ancient Canaan).

the two colonies had the earliest laws mandating religious tolerance.

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