In Mesopotamia, the civilization of Sumer, followed by Assyria and Babylon, gave rise to numerous cities, governed by kings and fostered multiple languages written in cuneiform. The Phoenician trading empire, flourishing around the turn of the first millennium BC, encompassed numerous cities extending from Tyre, Cydon, and Byblos to Carthage and Cádiz.
in mesopotamia the civilization of sumer followed by assyria and babylon gave rise to numerous cities governed by kings and fostered multiple languages written in cuneiform the phoenician trading empire flourishing around the turn of the first millennium bc encompassed numerous cities extending from tyre cydon and byblos to carthage and cádiz