I agree. There was a story (I forget from whom) who wrote that the polynesians are a mixture of african and pacific peoples as a result of the Phoenecian trading. The islanders (Guam, Figi, Hawaii) were among the largest, most massive peoples of the world with 300 lbs being normal. Even today, 300 lbs is common and they have among the peoples of the earth the most massive frames and bodies.
Gypies are also larged boned and can be extremely large, but that is a separate geneology.
The Phoenecians were a mixture of Semitic peoples, being Lebanese and Israeli. Indeed, at that time, there was probably no difference between the peoples and they were probably viewed as one people with different kings.