Question

can someone tell me some impacts the phonecians made on modern times? other then sailing skills, cultural diffusion and the alphebet. if there is nothing more, then thats ok too

Answer 1

The created sevreal city-states along the mediterranean coast, most famous being Cartago in modern day Tunisia and Cartagena in modern day Spain. They also reached as far as Ireland. This promoted a great cultural exchange. Cartago was also the greates Roman enemy, and it's defeat opened the way for the raise of the Roman Empire.