What, and who are phoenicians?
The Phoenicians were an ancient people that came from what is now Lebanon. They spread out to form a great empire, mostly through trade and colonisation. Among some of the cities they founded are Marseilles in France. Later a colony in what is today called Tunisia (at a city called Carthage) became the centre of the empire. It was then called the Punic empire. For many years the Roman and Punic empires competed for domination. The Romans were triumphant and destroyed Carthage. In a search engine, look up Punic, Carthage and Hannibal (the most famous Punic general who brought an invasion force to Rome – including elephants – over the alps).
