Thereafter Palestine and much of the Phoenician cities were secure.
This may well have included a number of Phoenician cities in Lebanon.
It was one of the most important Phoenician cities, and may have been the oldest.
Little is known of the internal history and dealings of the early Phoenician city.
In the resulting power vacuum, a number of Phoenician cities rose as significant maritime powers.
His intention was to capture the ancient Phoenician city and make it a base for his further operations.
The Phoenician city of Mdina was extensively modified in this period.
Carthage kept full control on the Phoenician cities in Sicily.
Initially the Phoenician cities made no attempt to resist, and they recognized his suzerainty.
It developed into a trading city in early times, as did most of the Phoenician cities on this coast.