Phoenicia - an ancient maritime country (a collection of city states) at eastern end of the MediterraneanPhoenician - the extinct language of an ancient Semitic people who dominated trade in the ancient world Carthage - an ancient city state on the north African coast near modern Tunis; founded by Phoenicians; destroyed and rebuilt by Romans; razed by Arabs in 697 Utica - an ancient city on the north coast of Africa (northwest of Carthage); destroyed by Arabs around 700 AD Astarte - a fertility goddess; counterpart of Ashtoreth and Ishtar Dagon - god of agriculture and the earth; national god of Philistines |