We have actually talked several times before that some of our ancestors arrived at the seaside after countless years of migration. As for after arriving at the seaside, due to various factors, they did not get any technology except navigation.

Relatively good development.

I have also prayed before that I hope that the people of the empire will not find this group of ancestors, otherwise they will undoubtedly suffer disaster, but our ancestors obviously have their own ideas, and after countless years of development, this

Navigation technology has advanced to an even more outrageous state.

This group of ancestors has been able to build a very powerful ship. It no longer even relies solely on oars for rowing, but already has relatively sophisticated sails, which are driven by wind and even oars. This is even more so.

In order to be better at speed, this kind of ship formed a special short and wide style, and it was very strong. The wood used was made of cedar wood that grew on the slopes of Phoenicia.

Then we will systematically analyze why this situation occurred. This group of ancestors actually lived on the east coast of the Mediterranean, roughly the coastal areas of modern Lebanon and Syria today, and they had already entered a high degree of civilization at this time.

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Therefore, the navigation skills of this group of ancestors are undoubtedly related to their geographical environment. The place where these ancestors lived has the vast sea in front of them and the tall Mount Lebanon on their back. There is no more land suitable for farming.

, this was destined that almost all of these ancestors would not be able to become farmers, so they developed navigation. Driven by curiosity, they saw the civilization of the empire on the other side of the sea. From then on, they began to develop handicrafts.

In the products industry, they can make very exquisite glass vases, jewelry, metal utensils, and various weapons.

But why are these things made? In fact, these ancestors used these handicrafts to go to the empire on the other side of the sea to exchange other resources. This can be said to be a transaction between foreign lands. Of course, according to our academic terminology today,

Trade. But to create this trade route, a sea route must be opened on the sea.

So these brave ancestors drove their self-made ships into the vast Mediterranean. Moreover, these ancestors originally had some ancestors from before. In fact, the manufacturing technology of the ships also had technology from other places, and the technology of this ship

The ship looks like a long and narrow hull, with a high and raised front end. The middle part is built with crossed masts, and there are double-layer wall oars on both sides. The whole body looks light and very strong.

In fact, this kind of boat mainly relies on paddles to row, and sometimes it also relies on pulling up the sail to move forward. However, the technology of this sail is not yet mature, so it mainly uses paddles. This kind of boat can carry about five people.

, usually a fleet of about ten ships in total is formed.

This group of ancestors relied on this kind of very sophisticated ships, as well as very skilled driving skills, and of course navigation knowledge, and with extremely firm determination, they sailed to every port in the Mediterranean, and then communicated with local civilians or merchants

Even the nobles were engaged in various transactions.

In fact, when we see this, we can all see that Egyptian ships are also very advanced. After all, Egypt used water to transport stones when building the pyramids. Therefore, according to the sophistication of the ships, the Egyptian ships will be more sophisticated, and this group of ancestors

He also learned all the sophisticated techniques of Egyptian ships, and greatly modified their ships.

It's just that although the Egyptian pharaohs and even the common people can make very sophisticated ships, they will never enter the sea. In fact, they are not very familiar with navigation knowledge at this time, and they have never entered the sea before.

The sea, therefore, the navigation industry has always been at a standstill.

But after this group of ancestors, which can also be said to be Phoenicians, came, Pharaoh learned about this and was very surprised, because only then did Pharaoh know that there were actually people living on the other side of the sea, and

The Pharaoh was a high-ranking man, which meant that he was an even more ambitious man. Now that the Pharaoh heard about this group of Phoenicians, their sailing team was not only limited to the Mediterranean area, but their fleet could even pass through it.

Today's Strait of Gibraltar enters the rough Atlantic Ocean. Even in our modern times, the Strait has coordinates named after the Phoenician gods. These coordinates are: Mercalta coordinates. Even more outrageous is that the Phoenician

The Phoenicians also sailed all the way north to the Atlantic coast of modern France and the British Isles in the United Kingdom. They sailed south to the Cape of Good Hope at the southern tip of Africa, and according to the information obtained by the Egyptian Pharaoh, the Phoenicians even sailed around the

They sailed throughout Africa, so these things show that Pharaoh was very interested in them.

And there is a story that is still circulating in North Africa. The Pharaoh of ancient Egypt summoned several Phoenician sailing warriors and said to them: You Phoenicians claim to be the best at long-distance navigation. Is this really true? Do you want to say so?

So now you are sailing, starting from Egypt, moving forward along the coastline, making sure that the coast is always on the left side of the ship, and finally return to Egypt to see me. I will give you a big reward then. If you can't do it, tell the truth.

, I won’t punish you either, but don’t brag about being good at sailing in the future.

Why did Pharaoh say such a thing? In fact, it was because Pharaoh knew that if he wanted to open a new waterway, he would take a lot of risks, and he also felt that the Phoenicians would not really do it. But he did not expect this group of Phoenicians

Ji Ren actually accepted the promise and accepted the challenge, and soon organized a fleet and set off.

In the end, three years passed, and there was no news about the Phoenician fleet. However, the Egyptian Pharaoh believed that these arrogant Phoenicians had long been buried in the belly of the fish in the sea. He never expected that they would actually be there.

One day three years later, these Phoenicians really returned to Egypt.

At first, the Egyptian Pharaoh didn't believe these Phoenicians at all, but these Phoenicians told the Pharaoh everything they saw along the way, and also presented the rare treasures they had collected.

Bao, the Pharaoh was finally convinced, and the Pharaoh also began to have their own sailing plan.

From here it is not difficult to see that the Phoenicians' voyage around Africa was simply a feat in the history of human navigation. At that time, Europe said: The Atlantic Ocean is the end of the world, and no one can cross the Strait of Gibraltar.

, but the great Phoenician sailing warriors crossed the Mediterranean Sea in this way, reaching England in the north, passing the Cape of Good Hope in the south, and entering the Indian Ocean. They are worthy of the title of pioneers in the world's navigation industry.

The fruitful results of this Phoenician voyage are of great historical significance in our entire human history. First of all, these Phoenicians, because of such superb navigation technology, their own ambitions expanded.

, coupled with the resources they obtained in exchange, they were even more ambitious, which resulted in the maritime hegemony of their own Phoenicians! It can even be said that the Phoenicians completely monopolized the maritime routes and trade in this era.

Even these Phoenicians established a series of trading stations and colonies along the Mediterranean coast. Many of these trading stations eventually developed into famous shopping cities, and then became powerful city-states. For example, Carthage in North Africa once threatened

Later the Romans, but that’s another story.

Now let us first talk about the Phoenician voyages, which indeed provided us with first-hand navigation information and valuable experience for our later world voyages. At the same time, it also expanded the economic ties between various places in the century.

There are exchanges between cultures.

In the current era, due to the sudden and rapid development of the navigation industry, this has indirectly caused many foreigners who would have been impossible to meet because of the sea to be connected at once, and in the process of this connection, not only

It is not only an exchange between cultures, but also the beginning of common progress between handicrafts and even weapon technology.

Why should we understand it this way? In fact, this is not difficult to understand. For example, the Phoenicians took a very well-made weapon from Egypt, and then after sailing, it was transported to the vicinity of today's Britain. So this

At that time, this group of people near Britain may not have the technology to make such sophisticated weapons, so now they have samples, and they can also ask the Phoenicians how such weapons were made.

Of course, this is just an example. In fact, more exchanges are still going on. To put it more simply, it is the transaction of a glass vase. This will also allow places that do not have glass vases to know where this kind of glass comes from.

What kind of methods can be used to make such exquisite glass vases, and even the exchange of clothing. For example, there is no such thing as numbness in some places, so they may have worn animal skins before, but in their hands

There is gold, and of course it could be other things. Anyway, it just needs to be what the Phoenicians need. In this way, they can exchange it for numb clothes from the Phoenicians, and even find out how this thing is made.

Okay, we won’t give more examples, because in the process of exchange, there are too many other transactions, and of course there are exchanges between myths and stories. This is the exchange between cultures, such as the Phoenicians

The basic people knew some myths and stories, and they spread them almost everywhere they went.

Although we have seen these exchanges between culture and economy, it is actually quite harmonious in this case. Just like our previous concept of money, the emergence of the concept of money is certainly a good thing, and it can directly use the magic of money to

Almost all of us on earth can unite and work together. Of course, money also has its darkest side. We have talked about it before, so I won’t repeat it.
Chapter completed!