Morocco's Phoenician Roots: Carthage and the Atlantic Ports

Before the Idrisids, before the Almoravids, before the Arab conquest, Morocco's Atlantic coast was dotted with Phoenician and Carthaginian trading posts. This episode traces the deep pre-Islamic history of the region, focusing on sites like Lixus, Mogador (Essaouira), and the island of Cerné. Lucas and Luna explore how Phoenician merchants from Tyre and later Carthaginians established factories for purple dye, metalworking, and Atlantic trade with the Canary Islands. They discuss the legendary voyage of Hanno the Navigator, the shifting relations with Berber tribes, and the archaeological evidence that challenges older narratives of a purely Arab-Islamic Morocco. What did these early colonial outposts look like? How did they shape later Moroccan urban and trade patterns? And why did the Romans eventually supplant them? This episode offers a fresh angle on Morocco's ancient past, using recent excavations and classical texts to reconstruct a world that was already globalized over 2,000 years ago. #Phoenician #Carthage #Lixus #Mogador #Essaouira #HannoTheNavigator #PurpleDye #AtlanticTrade #BerberHistory #AncientMorocco #NorthAfrica #Tyre #Cerne #Periplus #Archaeology #PreIslamic #FexingoHistory #History Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo