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List of Phoenician cities

For other uses of "Phoenicia", see Phoenicia (disambiguation).

This is a list of cities and colonies of Phoenicia in modern-day Lebanon, coastal Syria, northern Israel, as well as cities founded or developed by the Phoenicians in the Eastern Mediterranean area, North Africa, Southern Europe, and the islands of the Mediterranean Sea.

Phoenician colonies

Levant

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Lebanon

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Syria

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Israel and Judea

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Eastern Mediterranean

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Turkey

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  • Myriandus - in modern-day Turkey
  • Sam'al - Cilicia; in modern-day Turkey. Fortress city protecting the trade route to Anatolia
  • Karatepe
  • Finike - historically known as Phoenicus
  • Rhosos - according Malalas chronograpyh that city was founded by Cilix, son of Agenor the Phoenician King.

Cyprus

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North Africa

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Algeria

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Libya

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Morocco

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Morocco or Mauritania

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  • Cerne (Unknown whether Cerne was in Morocco or Mauritania)

Tunisia

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Europe / Elsewhere

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France

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Italy

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Malta

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Portugal

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Spain

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Sources

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References

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  1. ^ Peter Whitfield (2005). Cities of the World: A History in Maps. University of California Press. p. 99. ISBN 978-0-520-24725-3.
  2. ^ Nathan Laughlin Pilkington (2013). An Archaeological History of Carthaginian Imperialism. Academic Commons, Columbia.edu (Thesis). Columbia University. p. 170. doi:10.7916/D80G3SCF. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
  3. ^ David Wright; Patrick Swift (1 January 1971). Lisbon: a portrait and a guide. Barrie and Jenkins. p. 150. ISBN 978-0-214-65309-4.
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