Phoenicians lived in the narrow strip of land along the coast of modern Lebanon, Syria, and northern Israel. They are known for their maritime and commercial prowess and are also recognised for having established trading posts, harbors, and settlements throughout the Mediterranean basin.
- Phoenicians traded glass trinkets, purple cloth, fish, and perfumed ointments. They were the first to trade glass items on a large scale. Phoenicians grew rich by selling the timber obtained from the mountains of Lebanon. It was used to make columns for temples and houses and building ships.
- They also traded timber for linen and papyrus from Egypt, copper ingots from Cyprus, and Nubian slaves and gold, jars with wine and grain, precious stones, monkeys, silver, ivory, hides, and elephants tusks from Africa.
- Cedar was the main source of income for them.
- Hence C. The Phoenicians are the correct answer.
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