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Roman Sapphire Ring A Roman sapphire ring thought to belong to the emperor Caligula with an engraving of his wife, Caesonia, on it. https://t.co/xEsVnEx2mv

The Phoenicians created perhaps the most consequential thalassocracy in history, not only because of the Phoenician accomplishment of creating a network of maritime trade throughout the Mediterranean region, but also by inspiring the Greek and Roman empires that followed. Phoenicia arose in present-day Lebanon, in the ancient coastal cities of

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הרקולס הוא מקבילו היווני של האל הפיניקי מֶלְקַרְת (שנקרא גם בעל-צור), שבחזית מקדשו בצור עמדו שני עמודים כמו במקדש שלמה בירושלים, שאותו בנו הצורים (מלכים א ז, יג-כו). לפי ההיסטוריון היווני הרודוטוס, העמודים היו בנויים האחד מזהב טהור והשני מאבן איזמרגד (ברקת).[2] הפיניקים היו הראשונים שהקימו מושבות סחר ימי בספרד כבר באלף השני לפני הספירה. בקדיס... See more

📍Porto, Portugal 🇵🇹 The country’s name comes from Porto. In ancient times, the area was called Portus Cale, which evolved into Portugal. https://t.co/TaqApj1smw

The Phoenicians displayed legendary trading and financial skills (Plato describes them in his Republic as “money-loving” compared with the “wisdom-loving” Greeks) but not military dominance. Thus, the Phoenicians were conquered by the rising tellurocracies of the era. Cyrus the Great of the Achaemenid Persian Empire conquered the Levantine

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The Genoese acquired Constantinople's suburb of Galata under a 1267 treaty with Byzantium. It was in many ways one of the first modern colonies, a prototype for the treaty ports of future imperial powers. Thread. https://t.co/3nXbnKvSMr