No to all of the above.

Yes to being before Christ.

Israeli?

No.
Hint:
This was a trading civilization.

Carthage

The phoenicians?

Mycenaeans

Yes!

I was going to say, "I'm hooked on this civilization" but I don't know if that hint would have helped outside U.S.

Hm... Not at all. Thanks for not doing that =P

But trading immediately rang a bell.

Yeah, there's this way of learning how to spell called "Phonics" and we used to have these oft-maligned commercials for a product called "Hooked on Phonics" that taught children how to spell, and the characters would say "Hooked on Phonics worked for me!"

Anyway, on to the next one.

To tell the truth, I didn't really know either. I just said what I though was the closest english pronunciation of it's name in portuguese.

Sorry Lexor. If you had posted their name in Polish, I probably never would have known. LOL.

In Polish - Fenicjanie

Your primary language is Portugese? That makes sense of course being in Brazil, it's just cool. Not many people here speak that. I did have an ex-girlfriend that spoke it though. She wasn't Brazillian or Portugese so don't ask me why.

Well, it's not one of the most spoken languanges in the world, so I can understand why few would have reasons to learn that.

But you can usually get by if you learn spanish, as they're pretty similar.