Answer:
The Phoenicians did not have the resources needed to support an empire and preferred to focus on colonization.
Explanation:
- The Phoenicians founded colonies in all parts of the Mediterranean sea. They were the first to pass through Gibraltar (pillars of Hercules).
- They had ships made of cedar wood
- They founded new colonies on these sea routes, the most famous of which was Carthage (which means -New Castle) in 814 B.C.
- They jealously guarded the secret of maritime travel & told other nations on these roads that there were dragons that swallowed sailors
<span> When Columbus discovered the new lands he was given the title of governor of this new land. It was a DISASTER. He put his brothers on the top positions in the administration, they were bad rulers, they created a lot of troubles with the local tribes........
With the big scandalous of how natives were treated by the spanish authorities in the americas and the way Columbus and his brothers were ruling and taking advantage of their position, the monarchs in Spain decided to put him in jail and they published the first law in the history of the world to protect natives.</span>
