phoenicians

In 332 BC, after dealing the Achaemenids a drastic defeat at the Battle of Issus, Alexander the Great went south, to receive the submission of many Phoenician cities and to deny the Achaemenid navy a base of operations. Instead of pursuing Darius III, he traveled down the coast, with most cities...

An interesting idea was bouncing in my head for some time and it makes me wonder, what if Carthage was founded by Greek settlers instead of Phoenician ones? A stronger colonization focus in North Africa is probably needed, but I’m not aware of what POD’s would be needed to achieve this? Is this...

After seeing a thread about the lack of good Ancient Near East TLs on the forums, I revived a TL that I made last year about an alternate Iron Age. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- On an early morning in 874 BC a...

Much like the Greeks, the Phoenicians left an indelible mark on the ancient world, and their influence has continued to the present day. The most prominent example of this is in the words we type, which had their roots in the Phoenician alphabet. But while Greek culture survives today (albeit in...

What if Alexander, the Great, had failed to conquer the city-state of Tyre in 332 BCE? Could Tyre become an "eastern Carthage" of sorts, if it manages to push back further invasion attempts by the diadochi?

Byzantion was colonized around 657 BC by Greeks from Megara. But the Phoenicians had been colonizing the Mediterranean for centuries beforehand. What if the Phoenicians were the first to establish a colony in that strategic spot, settling Phoenician colonists there and establishing a fishing and...