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On a map of the ancient Mediterranean world, locate Greece, Asia Minor, Crete, Phoenicia, the Aegean, and the Red Sea. On a modern map, locate Greece, Crete, Turkey, Lebanon, and Syria.



 * Topics on this page: **
 * Ancient Phoenicia **
 * Modern Day Mediterranean World **


 * [[image:Multimedia.png]]Click here for a Prezi on modern-day Syria from the website Syria Deeply.**

The Phoenician Empire was established in 1500 BCE, became dominant around 1000 BCE.

Its capital @Tyre was conquered by Alexander the Great in 332 BCE. The Massachusetts Curriculum Framework dates the Phoenician Empire as c. 1000-300 BCE.

Go here for information on Tyre is a United Nations World Heritage Site.

The map above shows the ancient world which includes Greece, Crete, Asia Minor (Labeled Anatolia / Persian Empire), the Red Sea, and the principal city-states of Phoenicia.

Phoenicia is unique in that its territory was not a piece of land with a perimeter, but a collection of coastal city-states.

The map to the left more clearly shows the principal cities of Phoenicia and the sea routes between them, as well as the Aegean Sea.

Click here to view a map that shows Phoenicia in relation to other nations of Ancient Canaan.

This website has an incredibly detailed [|timeline] of Phoenician civilization to help put everything into perspective.



The map on the left shows the modern-day Mediterranean Region, which includes Greece, Crete, Turkey, Lebanon, and Syria.

Links: http://plato-dialogues.org/tools/east_med.htm