Comparing The Phoenicians And Vikings

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The Phoenicians and Vikings are known for their significant contributions to travel and trade. Not only did they create new systems of navigation but they also developed faster transportation. In today’s modern world we still use these navigations systems. Even though the transportation they used to travel across water is not the same as today’s it still played a huge part in the design.
The Phoenicians lived along the mediterranean sea around 1500 B.C. Due to the desert conditions it was difficult for the Phoenicians to row their own food. The solution to the problem would be trading. However they did not trade with the closest civilizations which were the cutthroat Greek's and ruthless Egyptians. In order to trade they needed travel away

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