Important Cities and Colonies
From the 10th century BC, their expansive culture established cities and colonies throughout the Mediterranean. Canaanite deities like Baal and Astarte were being worshipped from Cyprus to Sardinia, Malta, Sicily, Spain, Portugal, and most notably at Carthage in modern Tunisia.
In the Phoenician homeland:
- Akkā (Hebrew עַכּוֹ; Arabic عكّا)
- Amia
- Amrit
- Jaffa
- Caesarea
- Arka
- Arwad (Classical Aradus)
- Berut (Greek Βηρυτός; Latin Berytus;
Arabic بيروت; English Beirut) - Botrys (modern Batroun)
- Dor (English Tantura; Arabic الطنطورة; Hebrew דוֹר)
- Gebal (Greek Byblos)
- Porphyreon
- Safita
- Sarepta (modern Sarafand)
- Sidon
- Tripoli
- Tyre
- Ugarit
- Zemar (Sumur)
- Majdel Balhis (Lebanon)
Phoenician colonies, including some of lesser importance (this list might be incomplete):
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