Multiple choice

The Phoenicians contributedto ocean exploration by...

  1. establishing the firsttrade routes through the Mediterranean

  2. inventing thelatitude/longitude system

  3. calculating thecircumference of the Earth
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Explanation

The Phoenicians were master shipbuilders and navigators who established the first major trade routes throughout the Mediterranean Sea and even ventured into the Atlantic. The latitude and longitude system and the calculation of the Earth's circumference were developed later by Greek scholars.

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