PHOENICIANS
                             IMPORT TIN
                            FROM BRITAIN

The Phonecians emenating from the middle-east trading cities of Tyre and
Sidon (modern Lebanon/Palestine area) spread throughout the Mediterranean
founding trading cities and posts in many differing lands. Carthage in
North Africa and Nova Cartago in Spain were two leading Phonecian settle-
ments. they reached Britain prior to 1000BC and traded in tin, jade and
other items. They may have even sailed far into the Atlantic, but evidence
is scanty.