Ancient CivilizationsNew DNA Study Reveals How Phoenician Culture Spread in the Ancient World Posted on May 3, 2025 by Administrator The Phoenician culture emerged in the Bronze Age city-states of the Levant, developing prominent innovations such as the first alphabet (from which many present-day writing systems derive). By the early first millennium BC, Phoenician cities had established a vast maritime network of trading posts as far as Iberia, spreading their culture, religion, and language throughout the central and western Mediterranean.
