Instead of leaving behind destroyed cities, they left ports and markets – Kadmous

The Phoenician civilization was neither an empire of armies nor a state that expanded by force and sword. It did not seek to subjugate peoples or impose its authority on land. The power of the Phoenicians was different. It was a civilization based on trade, exchange, and knowledge. Instead of carrying weapons, they carried goods, and instead of leaving behind destroyed cities, they left ports, markets, and an alphabet that changed the face of the world. Their influence was not measured by the number of battles, but rather by the number of sea routes that connected the East and the West

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