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Ruins in Sardinia, Italy Ruins in Sardinia, Italy
Colonization by Greece, Phoenicia, and Carthage Colonization by Greece, Phoenicia, and Carthage
Phoenician Merchant Galley Phoenician Merchant Galley

Colonization by Greece, Phoenicia, and Carthage

Colonization by Greece, Phoenicia, and Carthage
Prior to the success of the Roman Empire there were three major powers in the Mediterranean area: the Greeks, the Phoenicians and the Carthaginians. The influence of these different cultures was widespread, and each developed trade routes throughout the Mediterranean and beyond.
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Phoenician Exploration; Greece; Carthage; Phoenicia
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