A) strong feelings of nationalism in Europe.
The statement that best describes the Phoenicians is <em>the Phoenicians capitalized on the need for iron throughout the Mediterranean</em>. Trade was the Phoenicians' preoccupation. They were skilled long-distance navigators and established many colonies along the coast of North Africa. Carthage became one of the ancient's world great cities.
C. Nanjing was the capital at the time of 1937.