Phoenician Settlement Of North Africa
The Phoenician settlement of North Africa or Phoenician expedition to North Africa was the process of Phoenicians, Phoenician people migrating and settling in the Maghreb region of North Africa, encompassing present-day Algeria, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia, from their homeland of Phoenicia in the Levant region, including present-day Lebanon and Syria, in the 1st millennium BC. History Causes The Phoenicians originated in the Northern Levant sometime circa 1800 BC. The causes of Phoenician emigration to North Africa as far as the Atlantic coast are debated. The Phoenicians were driven to migrate westward by a combination of factors, including overpopulation in the Levant and the appeal of trade opportunities. Another reason may have been to access metals, since the Phoenicians settled in silver-rich regions according to Ancient Greek historian Diodorus Siculus. The traditional theory was that the Phoenicians searched for metals in response to demands of tribute from the Assyria, ...
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Phoenician Settlements And Trade Routes
Phoenician may refer to: * Phoenicia, an ancient civilization * Phoenician alphabet ::Phoenician (Unicode block) * Phoenicianism, a form of Lebanese nationalism * Phoenician language * List of Phoenician cities * Phoenix, Arizona See also

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