Antiquity
Phoenicia
- Period
- 1150 BC – 501 BC
- Duration
- approx. 649 years
- Greatest extent
- around 615 BC
- Area (max.)
- approx. 34,000 km²
Period and duration
Phoenicia — according to the map data from 1150 BC to 501 BC, roughly 649 years. The dates refer to the time the empire is drawn as its own territory on the world map; historians sometimes date its founding and end differently.
Greatest extent
Phoenicia — greatest extent around 615 BC: the mapped borders then cover about 34,000 km², roughly 0.1% of Earth's land area. The area is calculated from the border lines of the map and is therefore an approximation.
Predecessors and successors
States that ruled the same territory directly before and after:
Before (1151 BC)
After
Neighbours around 615 BC
The largest states in the region at the same time:
- Scythia
- Berbers
- Neo-Assyrian Empire
- Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt
- Lydia
- Greek City-States
- Kingdom of Urartu
- Etruscans
Learn more
- Open the world map in 615 BC — tap the empire for a detailed description
- Phoenicia on Wikipedia
- All 371 empires at a glance
Borders and dates: Cliopatria / Seshat Global History Databank (CC BY 4.0). Coastlines: Natural Earth. Text: Centaurian.