Phoenician art was produced along the coast of the Levant (the eastern Mediterranean) from about the 20th century B.C. until Alexander the Great’s conquest of the Levant in the 4th century B.C. The Phoenicians were best known in antiquity for their skill in producing objects in wood and ivory, as well as their excellence in metalworking and textile production. The fact that Phoenician cities served as centers of trade between east and west, north and south, is clear from their art, which is heavily influenced by that of contemporary Greeks, Etruscans, Assyrians, and Egyptians.