Post by djoser-xyyman on Jan 17, 2018 15:42:35 GMT -5
Jan 2018
Now..doesn't this read like a bad fiction novel. Man I can't get over Europeans and their BS made stories they sell to the world. Am I the only one that can see through the BS. Lol!
See if you can spot the BS? History buff/nerds can help me out here. I have a bridge to sell you. Lol This reads a like a bad novel. SMH. Man I am lucky I stuck to science and not become a history Major . What a load of crock!!! Am I the only one who has a problem with this story/
History is written by the victors. ..for real.
Quote:
"Ancient mitogenomes of Phoenicians from Sardinia and Lebanon: A story of settlement, integration, and female mobility - E. Matisoo-Smith 2018
They were skilled navigators whose trade networks extended throughout the entire Mediterranean basin, and they had taken an
Egyptian-sponsored circumnavigation of Africa long before the Vikings ventured out of the sight of land [1, 2]. From their homeland in what is today Lebanon, the Phoenicians sailed
extensively across the Mediterranean for trade and established settlements in Cyprus, Malta, Sicily, Sardinia, Ibiza, the Iberian Peninsula and along the North African coast, most notably,
Carthage (Fig 1). Their naval dominance was respected throughout the Mediterranean, and they provided maritime support to the Persians and the Egyptians.
Despite their enduring influence, scant historical documentation attributed directly to the Phoenicians exists. Most of the Phoenician historic documents were written on papyrus, and
have not survived or been discovered yet. What we do know of them is what others, the Greeks, Romans, Egyptians wrote about them. They were never a unified political state or distinct
ethnicity within their homeland [3]. The emerging coastal city-states of Byblos and Sidon thrived as maritime trade centers during the 3rd and 2nd millennia BCE and later, the city of
Tyre. During the 1st millennium BCE their occupants were referred to by the Greeks, and thus today, as the Phoenicians (from the Greek, Phoiníkē, or purple country) in reference to their
production of the valuable purple dye used in textile production. Prior to this, however, the region was occupied by Canaanites who, due to political events in the north, south and east
were confined to the thin coastal strip between the steep, cedar covered mountains of Lebanon and the eastern Mediterranean [3]. This coastal isolation meant that Phoenicians could only
expand westwards, and this they did. Targeting sources of valuable metals including silver and tin, they established settlements across the Mediterranean and dominated maritime trade networks
for centuries."
Now..doesn't this read like a bad fiction novel. Man I can't get over Europeans and their BS made stories they sell to the world. Am I the only one that can see through the BS. Lol!
See if you can spot the BS? History buff/nerds can help me out here. I have a bridge to sell you. Lol This reads a like a bad novel. SMH. Man I am lucky I stuck to science and not become a history Major . What a load of crock!!! Am I the only one who has a problem with this story/
History is written by the victors. ..for real.
Quote:
"Ancient mitogenomes of Phoenicians from Sardinia and Lebanon: A story of settlement, integration, and female mobility - E. Matisoo-Smith 2018
They were skilled navigators whose trade networks extended throughout the entire Mediterranean basin, and they had taken an
Egyptian-sponsored circumnavigation of Africa long before the Vikings ventured out of the sight of land [1, 2]. From their homeland in what is today Lebanon, the Phoenicians sailed
extensively across the Mediterranean for trade and established settlements in Cyprus, Malta, Sicily, Sardinia, Ibiza, the Iberian Peninsula and along the North African coast, most notably,
Carthage (Fig 1). Their naval dominance was respected throughout the Mediterranean, and they provided maritime support to the Persians and the Egyptians.
Despite their enduring influence, scant historical documentation attributed directly to the Phoenicians exists. Most of the Phoenician historic documents were written on papyrus, and
have not survived or been discovered yet. What we do know of them is what others, the Greeks, Romans, Egyptians wrote about them. They were never a unified political state or distinct
ethnicity within their homeland [3]. The emerging coastal city-states of Byblos and Sidon thrived as maritime trade centers during the 3rd and 2nd millennia BCE and later, the city of
Tyre. During the 1st millennium BCE their occupants were referred to by the Greeks, and thus today, as the Phoenicians (from the Greek, Phoiníkē, or purple country) in reference to their
production of the valuable purple dye used in textile production. Prior to this, however, the region was occupied by Canaanites who, due to political events in the north, south and east
were confined to the thin coastal strip between the steep, cedar covered mountains of Lebanon and the eastern Mediterranean [3]. This coastal isolation meant that Phoenicians could only
expand westwards, and this they did. Targeting sources of valuable metals including silver and tin, they established settlements across the Mediterranean and dominated maritime trade networks
for centuries."