What region did the Phoenician civilization primarily originate from?
Levant
Mesopotamia
Egypt
Anatolia
Answer
The Phoenician civilization originated in the Levant region of the eastern Mediterranean, primarily in modern-day Lebanon. Their territory extended and shrank throughout history, but their core culture stretched from Arwad in Syria to Mount Carmel in modern Israel.
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