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Trade and Travel: the Phoenicians and Carthage

A concise look at how Phoenician seafarers and Carthaginian merchants built a vast network of sea routes, caravans, and markets across the Mediterranean and beyond.

Chapters

• 0:07 Coastal Networks
• 1:16 Sea Vessels and Cargo
• 2:52 Overland Caravans and Desert Trade
• 3:34 Why Trade Flourished

On-screen text

• 0:07 Coastal Networks
• 0:14 Coastal Networks
• 0:31 Phoenicians in the Red Sea Historical record · Periplus of the Erythraean Sea, 1st century CE, translated by Lionel Casson
• 0:49 Tyrian tribute to Assyria Historical record · Annals of Shalmaneser III, 845 BCE, British Museum tablet
• 1:07 Tyrian goods to Egypt Historical record · Papyrus Anastasi I, Egyptian administrative document, 2nd century BCE, Louvre
• 1:16 Sea Vessels and Cargo
• 1:23 Sea Vessels and Cargo
• 1:40 Tyrian purple dye production The Institute's interpretation · Excavations at the ancient city of Tyre, Lebanon, showing purple dye vats (UNESCO report, 2015)
• 1:58 Carthage's stone quay Historical record · Harbor of Carthage excavations, Byrsa hill, UNESCO (2020)
• 2:16 Carthaginian shipwreck cargo Historical record · Carthaginian merchant shipwreck off Sicily, 4th century BCE, Museo Archeologico Regionale Paolo Orsi
• 2:43 Carthaginian trade coins Historical record · Carthaginian bronze coinage, 5th century BCE, British Museum
• 2:52 Overland Caravans and Desert Trade
• 2:59 Overland Caravans and Desert Trade
• 3:16 Ivory from the Sahara The Institute's interpretation · Excavations at Carthage, 1970s, ivory artifacts (British Museum catalogue, 1992)
• 3:34 Why Trade Flourished
• 3:50 Carthage's natural harbor Historical record · Strabo, Geography, Book 17, 1st century CE
• 4:08 Carthaginian trade coins Historical record · Carthaginian bronze coinage, 5th century BCE, British Museum
• 4:35 Phoenicians in the Red Sea Historical record · Periplus of the Erythraean Sea, 1st century CE, translated by Lionel Casson

Sources

Historical record: The Nora Stone (Phoenician inscription, ca. 900 BCE, Cagliari, Sardinia) · Periplus of the Erythraean Sea, 1st century CE, translated by Lionel Casson · Annals of Shalmaneser III, 845 BCE, British Museum tablet · Herodotus, Histories, Book 4, 5th century BCE · Papyrus Anastasi I, Egyptian administrative document, 2nd century BCE, Louvre · Harbor of Carthage excavations, Byrsa hill, UNESCO (2020) · Carthaginian merchant shipwreck off Sicily, 4th century BCE, Museo Archeologico Regionale Paolo Orsi · Typology of Punic amphorae, excavated in Malta, 3rd century BCE, University of Malta publication · Carthaginian bronze coinage, 5th century BCE, British Museum · Pliny the Elder, Natural History, Book 5, 1st century CE · Strabo, Geography, Book 17, 1st century CE

Tradition / scripture: Periplus of Hanno the Navigator (Greek translation, 5th century BCE)

The Institute's interpretation: Excavations at the ancient city of Tyre, Lebanon, showing purple dye vats (UNESCO report, 2015) · Excavations at Carthage, 1970s, ivory artifacts (British Museum catalogue, 1992) · Study of Roman itineraries, Itinerarium Antonini, 3rd century CE, Cambridge Classical Journal

Sound: synthesized ambient (wind, drone, water) (CC0 — made by SoapBox). Made in 105 s of CPU.