#the phoenicians

[trailofleaves]

“More than a warrior, Hannibal was a symbol of resistance, a man who defied the odds, who fought not just for Carthage but for the very idea that no empire was invincible. His lineage, tracing back to the seafaring Phoenicians of Tyre, carried the spirit of a civilization that thrived on ingenuity, exploration, and unyielding resilience.

Though Carthage was eventually destroyed by Rome in 146 BCE, Hannibal's story lives on. His spirit remains a beacon for those who dare to challenge overwhelming power, proving that even in defeat, true greatness endures.”

— Wissam Samia & Nidal Safi, Did they fall into the same trap?

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the phoenicians (audio: 2019)

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[trailofleaves]

This divide is then built on the artificial dichotomy between the Greek and Near Eastern Worlds.

To the degree that we project onto these ancient worlds, imagined as nonconmensurate, our own imagined divisions, between “oriental” and “western,” between Indo-European and Semitic, we perpetuate the scheme of a “clash of civilizations.” As many have noted before, these dichotomies were created by modern geopolitical circumstances and ideological discourses, but do not explain much about the ancient world dynamics. In this book, we will set the Greeks side by side with other Iron Age and archaic civilizations that responded to similar stimuli when they entered the orbit of the Near Eastern cultures through Phoenician trade. This is the only way to decenter the narrative from an imagined Greek core and gain an integrated view of the early Mediterranean. We can then better appreciate the unique character of each region and the effects of the encounter with the Levantines in their particular cultural trajectories.

— Carolina Lopes-Ruiz, Phoenicians and the Making of the Mediterranean

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[vretha]

the phoenicians

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The Western Federation of Mount Lebanon

The Western Federation of Mount Lebanon

The endless search for the Lebanese Identity is only an big Lie. It is there and fully present.

We may not recall endless struggles in History, but we can summon up some Wild times in the History of our people , since the beginning of Time ! Renown Anthropologists have gathered their research papers to assume that our specie, Homo Sapiens have annihilated some other Humanoid species in the…

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[londonx1965]

How can he end like this? As a fragment of forgotten history. Ian Chesterton should be in every book I've ever read.

Barbara Wright in The Phoenicians