http://bactra.org/notebooks Cosma's Notebooks en http://bactra.org/notebooks/1994/10/03#phoenicians Their explorations, and the ancient trade routes generally. Their culture and its influence on Greece, Israel. <ul>To read: <li>Maria Eugenia Aubet, <citE>The Phoenicians in the West: Politics, Colonies and Trade</cite> [<a href="http://cambridge.org/9780521795432">blurb</a>] <li>Serge Lancel, <cite>Carthage: A History</cite> </ul>