MenuThe civilizations of the ancient Levant in this context are the peoples and states of the eastern Mediterranean, where the first ancient cities appeared and agricultural civilizations arose. This section includes ancient Phenicia, Palestine, Judea (Israel), Syria. This region was a contact zone for various peoples and states, and also made an invaluable contribution to world culture.
After the flows of "sea peoples" subsided, Phenicia became a more or less independent region, and it begins a colonization expansion throughout the Mediterranean.
The Eastern Mediterranean lay at the junction of trade routes and has always been a bone of contention between the great powers of antiquity. But even in these conditions, a kind of civilization arose there, which made a huge contribution to the development of world culture.
Carthage is a Phoenician state that did not last long (668 years), but inscribed itself in golden letters in the history of the Mediterranean. Even great Rome once feared such a formidable rival.