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1200 BCE
1100 BCE
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600 BCE
1200 BCE - 800 BCE: First wave of Phoenician colonization where largely trading-posts are founded throughout the Mediterranean.
1110 BCE: Traditional founding date for the Phoenician colony of Gades (Cadiz).
1101 BCE: Traditional founding date for the Phoenician colony of Utica by Sidon (or Tyre).
814 BCE: Traditional founding date for the Phoenician colony of Carthage by Tyre.
800 BCE - 600 BCE: Second stage of Phoenician colonization where trading-posts become full colonies throughout the Mediterranean.
750 BCE: Phoenicians found the colony of Motya on Sicily.