They had to protect their trade around the Mediterranean by force.
The Greeks bacame competitors.
The Persians incorporated them into their empire, and used theirships as part of their navy against the Greeks.
The Carthaginian Phoenicians were destroyed by their rising rivalsthe Romans.
Phoenicia was taken over by the Macedonian kingdoms.
Rome took them all into its expanding empire.
The Greeks bacame competitors.
The Persians incorporated them into their empire, and used theirships as part of their navy against the Greeks.
The Carthaginian Phoenicians were destroyed by their rising rivalsthe Romans.
Phoenicia was taken over by the Macedonian kingdoms.
Rome took them all into its expanding empire.
