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Apart from the Greeks, in ancient history there were other civilizations too. One of them was the

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Phoenicians. They lived in city-states like Sidon and Tyre in Asia. They came to the Iberian

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Peninsula around 600 years before Christ to trade. They created colonies in the peninsula like Cadiz,

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Malaga and Almuñecar. As already said, they lived in city-states and they were

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excellent sailors and merchants. Phoenicians used writing and they

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developed the first version of the alphabet we use today. Another

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civilization was the Carthaginians. People from the Phoenician city-state

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Tyre traveled through the Mediterranean Sea and founded Carthage in the north of

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Africa. The Carthaginians also traveled and came to the Iberian Peninsula 300

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years before Christ, to trade with metals.

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They created new colonies in the peninsula like Cartagena and Ibiza.

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Carthaginians were very good artisans and warriors.

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They fight against the Romans to rule the Mediterranean Sea.

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The fight lasted for more than a hundred years and it's called the Punic Wars.

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Finally, the Romans won the wars and the Carthaginian civilization ended.