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2013年7月21日托福阅读真题解析 1 commercial revolution 贸易的发展带来的变化以及城市的变化等。 解析：本文描述在公元前贸易变化的情况，根据考生回忆重点描述的腓尼基人的贸易的变化，现根据机经的内容还原相关背景知识，请大家参考下文。 Mediterranean trade: from the 11th century BC The Phoenicians inhabit the region of modern Lebanon and Syria from about 3000 BC (see Palestine and Phoenicia). They become the greatest traders and the best sailors and navigators of the pre-classical world. They are also the first people to establish a large colonial network based on seafaring. In all these skills they build on the example of their maritime predecessors, the Minoans of Crete. An Egyptian narrative of