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The phoenician civilization originated in which part of the world.

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Levant

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In the 2nd millennium BCE, the Phoenician culture emerged in the Mediterranean region of the Levant (Southern Syria, Lebanon, and Northern Israel). The coastal city-states of Byblos and Tyre were built by the Phoenicians (ancient Canaan). Over the years, traders and adventurers from these city-states moved beyond the Mediterranean, maybe even as far as the British Isles, in order to bring back tin, which was scarce in the Mediterranean but an essential element in the production of bronze, along with copper.

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