Original sentence: The Phoenician heartland in the Levant was still dominated by powers rooted east in Mesopotamia or Persia, and the Phoenicians often provided the naval forces of the Achaemenid Persian Empire.The Phoenicians spread through the western Mediterranean including North Africa and the Iberian Peninsula.The two most notable of these were the Greek city states and the Phoenicians
Edited sentence: The Phoenicians often provided the naval forces of the Achaemenid Persian Empire and their heartland in the Levant was still dominated by powers rooted east in Mesopotamia or Persia.The Phoenicians spread through the western Mediterranean and reaching North Africa and the Iberian Peninsula.The two most notable of civilizations were the Greek city states and the Phoenicians