Phoenicia referred to the collection of old and civilized city-states that are situated near the coastal areas of the Mediterranean Sea, extending from Syria, Lebanon and the northern part of Israel. The people living near the sea were referred to as the Phoenicians and their ships were mostly decorated with the horse's head which was in the honour of their Sea god. There were two strongest and powerful states in Phoenicia namely, the Tyre and the Sidon, both of which were the island cities.
Lack of water, and food, being in the vast desert means hard food and little rain this leads to many organisms struggling to live, also being forced to drink dirtier water means you could catch a disease more easily
