They came under control of the Persian Empire which used their ships for warfare against the Greeks. Then they came under control of the Macedonian successors of Alexander the great, and their cities ceased to have independent status, and their trading activities declined.
Marrocos infantry and chialvary captured Sangais Empire
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There was no Phoenician Empire - the Phoenicians were established in a series of independent city-states.
It was a trading empire.
It was a trading empire.
The Roman empire became too big and the people outside of the Roman empire started to attack. From then on out, the empire just continued to collapse.
There was no Phoenician empire - it was a group of independent city-states based in the Levant. They were taken over by the Persian Empire, and later the Roman Empire.
The assault by Alexander the Great, who replaced the empire with his own Macedonian Empire. It was split up into several Hellenistic kingdoms after Alexander's death.
The rise of nationalism in the Empire eventually caused the break-down of the Ottoman millet (confessional community) concept.
Each had its role in building up the Phoenician trading empire.
between Syria and Egypt
3000 BC