event · evt_srsc1_phoenician_maritime_network_growth
Growth of Phoenician maritime networks
Levantine coastal cities developed increasingly extensive maritime exchange and settlement networks across the Mediterranean during the early first millennium BCE.
What is the evidence?
observation
Levantine coastal cities developed increasingly extensive maritime exchange and settlement networks across the Mediterranean during the early first millennium BCE.The broad maritime expansion is well documented; individual foundations and dates remain site-specific.
Inspect the sources →Review and provenance
Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.
Dataset workflow: proposed. This is separate from specialist review.
Confidence describes the stated assessment; it does not certify expert approval. How review works.
Chronology
Dating intervals may describe uncertainty or phases; their width alone does not establish event duration.
1050 BCE–800 BCE
Precision: range
Chronology model: release preferred synthesis
highPreferred display range synthesized from the cited source roles. It preserves a range and does not imply every component occurred continuously or synchronously.
- contextualizes · contextualizes
The Phoenicians and the West: Politics, Colonies and Trade — María Eugenia Aubet (2001)Provides the broad network chronology.
Locator: Chapters on Phoenician urban and maritime expansion - contextualizes · contextualizes
After 1177 B.C.: The Survival of Civilizations — Eric H. Cline (2024)Provides cross-regional reader orientation.
Locator: Phoenician survival and reorganization discussion
Interpretation and caveats
The event is included as a major wider-world economic and cultural development. No direct Black Sea or Caucasus relationship is asserted for this interval.
Event context
Classification
Event type: maritime network expansion
Evidence layer: historical
Timeline role: general world context
People and places
Locations: Levantine and central Mediterranean maritime sphere
Why it matters to the timeline
This major Mediterranean network change provides general reader orientation for the wider atlas. No direct connection to the Caucasus or southern Russia is asserted.
Research notes
- Provides the broad network chronology. Role: contextualizes. Locator: Chapters on Phoenician urban and maritime expansion.
- Provides cross-regional reader orientation. Role: contextualizes. Locator: Phoenician survival and reorganization discussion.
Evidence and sources
- contextualizes · contextualizes
The Phoenicians and the West: Politics, Colonies and Trade — María Eugenia Aubet (2001)Provides the broad network chronology.
Locator: Chapters on Phoenician urban and maritime expansion - contextualizes · contextualizes
After 1177 B.C.: The Survival of Civilizations — Eric H. Cline (2024)Provides cross-regional reader orientation.
Locator: Phoenician survival and reorganization discussion