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THEY WERE NOT EUROPEANS BUT FROM THE LEVANT MIDDLE EAST SEMITIC or related to EGYPTIANS to PERSIANS, genetic research even shows early Minoans & Etruscans were migrating TURKIC peoples into east southeast Europe Mediterranean. They just sailed EVERYWHERE thru the Mediterranean into Coasts of Africa into Britain & India
Great video as always. But at about 30:30, I think you made a mistake when you said Scholars suggest that the "Sea Peoples colluded with or paid off the invaders". Instead of "Sea People's I think you meant the Phoenicians?
There was an ancient Phoenician writer called Sanchioniathon whose work has been lost but he was supposed to have been translated by Philo of Byblios - a writer of the Roman era whose work has also been lost.Had we still had both of these works we would have had a treasure trove of Phoenician religion,mythology,culture and lots more.
Many of their traditions are saved thru in ancient Greek tribes of Evoia and other islands, as Phoenicians were ancient Greek tribes as described by Plutarch.
I’ve been reading through Samuel, Kings and Chronicles and remember them talking about building ships and sailing from Tyre but I never knew the link to the Phoenicians! I love it when I get “the bigger picture”.
Pythagoras means 'Heart of the Serpent', he was born in Sidon, a fishing Port in Phoenicia. His mother received a prophecy from the Oracle at Delphi that he would become a great Leader & Teacher. Sidon means 'Kingdom of the Fish', & the Essenes, who wrote the Dead Sea scrolls, worshipped Pythagoras. The Sarcophagus of Eshmun III found in Sidon names him as the 'Widow's Scion', aka Hiram Abiff, Founder of Freemasonry, of which Tyre was the premier Capital (at least equal to Thebes). In 911BC Rameses II married the Queen of Sidon, home of Jezebel (Daughter or consort of Baal, ie "Queen") founding Neo Assyrian Babylon, an alliance between Egypt & Hiram, Father of Jezebel, & King of Assyria; forming the Phoenician colonies, & building the Temple of Melqart to commemorate their alliance. The Si in Sidon is the basis of the Latin Exe, or X, and is the basis of the Cross, or Chi Rho that Constantine painted on his shields. Also known as the Cross of Tyre, or Cross of Baal, being Ra-El, or Ba'El. Using Euler's number to map irrational numbers also produces a Templar Cross: ie where Eclipses are most likely to occur, called the 'Saros' Cycle. This cross can also be seen around the neck of Nimrod in Assyria, consistent with the Union Jack, & Solstice Calendar found in the Vatican's Shiva Lingam. Shiva is the Hebrew word for 7, & their culture also found its way to Korea & Japan (via the Philippines) ultimately becoming Shintoism. It was the Phoenicians who gave their name to the Pole Star, _Phoenice,_ which they used to Navigate the Oceans using the Zodiac, that's what the Antikythera mechanism was for, & with it they wrote the Byblos Baal; what we now call the Bible. The first form of the Bible was written in 325BC & called 'Vaticanus Graecus', or 'Son of the Sacred Serpent', ie Sirius, the basis of the Sothic Calendar, which uses a Hex Decimal & base 60 system found in all Megalithic sites around the world. In the second century AD the Astronomer Valentinus Vettori transcribed it into a Lunar chart of 13 houses, what we now call the Zodiac. Horoscope means 'Star Watcher', or 'Time Keeper' & the Phoenician word for Saturn, or El, was *_Israel_* or _El,_ (Fruit) of Isis (Ishtar) & (Amin) Ra. Equally El is the 'Father' of Ra the Sun, & Consort of Isis the Earth Mother, ergo _'El Ptah'_ is the *Moon* or Set, the Stranger. Phoenicia was the interim between Egypt & Greece, with artisans & culture exceeding that of the Greeks, whom literally adopted the Phoenician Alphabet, which we still use to this day; sounding out words phonetically. 'Phoenician' is alliterated in 'Venetian', & 'Vikings', being Kings of the Sea, [Sea Pharoahs] El is the primary God of the Phoenicians, representing the offspring of Egypt, & his consort Astarte or Ishtar represents the Assyrian half of the alliance. Such lineages & alliances can be traced (through the naming of gods) to Ireland & the Vikings, Indonesia, the Americas; even as far away as Australia, & New Zealand. It denotes Sirius as 'Son' of Orion & Pleiades, which sits at 33 degrees of the Zodiac. The basis of the Sothic (Seth) Decan Calendar of the Egyptians. The New Moon in this position marks Rosh Hashanah, the Egyptian, Celtic, Phoenician, & Assyrian New Year, with the first New Moon of September, so called as it's the 7th House of the Zodiac, when the Sun is in Ophuichus. 'Phoenix', 'Benben', or 'Bennu', is Egyptian for 'Heron', or Feathered 'Serpent'. It baptised itself in frankincense & myrrh at Baalbek, then alights atop the Great Pyramid, upon the Holy Grail, or Altar of Ra, every 630 years to take three days off the calendar; during the course of the first New Moon of Nisan, which means 'Prince'. The Capstone of Pyramids is even called the Benben or Bennu. The Phoenix is found in all religions, which are all Astrological Allegory for the Moon traversing the Constellations as a soul migrating from body to body. Thus is the basis of Joseph Campbell's Monomyth, or 'Hero's Journey' with the cycles & orbits of the planets serving as portents, omens, allies, etc. Thus Astrology was the Science of the Bronze Age & Reincarnation was the early teaching of the Gnostic Christian Church, & relates to the lineage of Kings: "The Pan is Dead! _Long live Pan!"_ The Bennu is the Egyptian Phoenix, to Phoenicians the Hoyle, Etruscans saw birds as sacred too, as did Celts, & Picts. Hebrew & Iberia have the same root; meaning _'over'_ ie _'overseas'_ or 'those [whom travel] over [the] sea'. A colony called Iberia also appeared on the Eastern shores of the Black Sea, with the same Dolmen & Megalithic culture originating in Ireland and Brittany circa 4500BC. _Phoenician_ means 'Scion of the Phoenix', the first Bible: Vaticanus Graecus; 'Scion of the Sacred Serpent' (Prince). Then there's the Essenes; :Sons of Light', the Tuatha De Danaan; Sons of Light, Anunnaki; Sons of Light, Arthur Pendragon; Arthur [Thor] 'Son of the Dragon'. Chertoff is Russian for "Son of the Devil" & Dracula also means 'Scion of the Dragon'. Masons call themselves the "Brotherhood of the Great White Serpent", & the Ziggurat of Anu denotes her as a great white Serpent too, while at New Grange & the Bru na Boinne, Ireland (4000BC) the white quartz ramparts also denote the Moon. The Moon itself travels either side of the Solar Elliptic by 5 degrees through specific constellations in a serpentine fashion that is always changing, but repeats every 19 years, the time it took to train a Druid or Magi, Magi meaning 'Teacher'. The Phoenix is also associated with this sacred number 19. "Pharoah" means 'Great House' or 'House of Light' & Cairo used to be called Babel. Pharaohs were called 'Commander in Chief' & wore a hooded crown representing feathers, as do Native American Chiefs, ie the Feathered Serpent. Aztecs also had 'Serpent Kings', (Canaan means Serpent Kings, & Sidon was a Son of Canaan & Great Grandson of Noah) who were called to lead with "cunning & guile" being the virtue of their "right to rule"; being seen as "just" in public, while shrewd in private. "As wise as Serpents, (while appearing as) _gentle_ as Doves." The old Egyptian flag of an Eagle holding a Snake is also reflected in the Modern Mexican flag, denoting the Constellations of Serpentis (13th sign of the Zodiac) and Aquila. The dimensions & 12 mathematical constants of the Great Pyramid are also found in New Grange, & Stonehenge, as well as in Watson Brake, (2500BC) & Teotihuacan, which correlates to the Phoenician/ Sumerian Seximal system, which is what our modern systems of time are based on, unlocking a fractal pattern reflected in the musical chord, electrical resistance, relative Planetary orbits, indeed; throughout _all_ creation. Officially no one knows who invented Astrology, the Zodiac, navigation by the stars, or time keeping. But whoever built the pyramids, & pioneered the 24hr clock in Egypt 5000 years ago already knew the exact dimensions of the Earth, & the speed of light. Because these can all be calculated using these Megalithic sites as a Surveyor use a Theodolite. Specifically at Teotihuacan; 230 degrees opposite Cairo, & with the exact same footprint. The ideal positions to determine the speed of light using the transit of Venus, allowing for accurate Longitude for Maritime navigation. Capt Cook did the same thing in 1774 when he 'discovered' Easter Island. The only culture that fits the bill was wiped out "not one stone upon the other" by the Romans in 146BC. Tyre, the capital of Phoenicia (Israel) sat just offshore from Ursu Salaam: City of the New Moon; City [or 'Rock'] of Peace; root of the name _'Jerusalem'_ & was also seized by Rome in 70AD after a 3.5 year siege. The gap between is 216 years (6x6x6). Greek Dionysians built the Temple of Solomon (now called the Temple of Melqart) representing the Solar Lunar (Solomonic) Metonic Calendar on which this system is based. They also carried mirrors, same as Magi, Druids, Greeks, & Egyptian scholars. These Mirrors are Astrological charts called 'Cycladic _Pans'_ & record the cycles of the planets. The first Temple of Melqart ( Phoenician Horus, Hercules, Pan, Thor) represents the 13th Constellation of Ophiuchus or 'Serpent Bearer' (hence Orphic Serpent worship) & had pillars of Emerald (Jasper) & Gold, ie Isis (Tree of Life) and Osiris (Tree of Knowledge). The Jerusalem Temple only took payment in "Shekels of Tyre" a currency minted during the Israelite rebellion against Rome, hence _"give that which is Caesar's unto Caesar"_ When Alexander sacked Tyre in 332BC they relocated to Carthage meaning "New City" or New Jerusalem, & built a second temple with Pillars of Bronze. Nebuchadnezzar also sieged Tyre for 13 years, taking the City captive in 573BC: the same time as the biblical account, & again the Romans in 70AD after a 3.5 year siege, also consistent with the same biblical accounts. Palaset was the name of a tribe of the Sea Peoples, Pallas _Set_ denotes the New Moon of Ammun Ra rising in Gemini, the *Pallas* Constellation of the Twins "that stand before Orion", due West of the Temple between the Gates [Pillars] of Gibraltar; "Gabriel's Altar", ie 'Pallas Stein', or Pallas Stone, 'Phallus' or Philosopher's Stone: the _"Rising Son"._ So 'Wormwood', like 'Tyre' means 'Bitter Rock', for the same reason; as the Son rising from the 'Bitter' [Salt or 'Black'] Sea of the Underworld; The 'Black Rock' or 'Gatestone' 🌑 The Cross of Tyre or Ba'El ❌ represents Lunar maximums & minimums & correlates with the Cross Quarter days of the Solstice Calendar. Align the Cross ❌ Chi Rho Christian ✝️ & Star 🔯 to the Zodiac, & you have a Compass & Timepiece that correlates to the Nautical Mile; allowing for global Maritime navigation. It is in fact an Astrological allegory for a Sothic Metonic Saros Zodiac Calendar using Accusations in a Mirror 🪞 *A Phoenix **_Cypher_*
Dan Dan, With fuel prices increasing I look to Exodus 20, 10 Mitzvot & Exodus 21 as prayer as we learn how to maintain boatbuilding , rowing, painting, and sail I suppose settlements about 30 miles apart describe the world. Farther? Oil is only one way to travel. Neat how former British Navy man Mr. Beal chose a Lebanese boat for his long voyage . What's a typical Lebanese breakfast ?
Hi Robert, breakfast eggs bit lamb salt pepper. Blend scrambled. Warm flat Lebanese bread 🍞. Lebanese call our daily food meza mixed wholesome foods . As well as Home food home cooked on fire stove . Much that not sold over counter these days. All natural beautiful. Thx for asking.
Pete, I love your documentaries. At the same time they are the best way to fall sleep when I have insomnia... not because they are boring but your voice; it's so hypnotizing, same with your brother's channel
He may be epic but you've got a few good things going for you too Milo. Anyway this video was excellent. It's good to see you guys collaborating to produce awesome content. This one on the Phoenicians was awesome and I think I might just hop over to Miloville after it to check out what you've been up to recently. Best wishes for Christmas.
Bro, I'm only 3 mins into the video and can already tell the quality is impeccable. Then I noticed the complete lack of adverts throughout... you sir are a legend
@@hatimaheddar2411 there are no adverts in this video so what you say makes no sense and I don't think you even read my comment. I thank the creator of this channel for making the video free to watch. I will not be thanking advertisers for anything ever.
I don't think have words to express how much appreciation I have for such hard and amazing work. I love all things history and this channel has brought me hours of excellent content.
Better than anything on The History Channel. I always have to remind myself that these documentaries were made by a TH-cam Team. They are of such high quality, that one would be forgiven for thinking that they were made with a huge budget.
History channel is a disgrace to its own name, just shitty tv shows like pawn stars and storage wars and conspiracy theory bullshit like alien nazis and shit, absolutely fuck all to do with history these days.
The 2 hour documentary on the Sea Peoples was amazing and very interesting. Thanks for such a wonderful production! Looking forward to finishing the second half of this video on the Phoenicians! I am learning so much from your videos! Thank you! God bless you!
SHARON, ' Been inspired by Sir Isaac and Olivia Newton- windmill, bicycle, rowboat; are you a boater , Canoe Canoe ? Ma's name paternally Keal, worcin' hard on Denny Caledonia again, of 1849-1850 in Cedar Kee, Flowida. This Caledonia similar to Viking Knarr originally operated by Newton in Boston, England. Skills of this Bible Boy much less than Skuldelev or our ancient neighbor, Lebanon. With porn, no more sacrificing; with Jesus " no adultery with me eyes ! "
@@robertknowles2699 Unfortunately, spell check (I call it spellcrap) kinda mangled your sentence. You're right about adultery (Mat 5:20-40) and a carpenter-Rabbi showing us the way.
I keep having to rewind and listen to what you had just said because my imagination kept pulling me away as you painting a picture. Not a bad thing at all I find your videos are the only content having me do this. Absolutely amazing stuff.
Hey quick question. I have always wondered if the lebanese are the direct descendands of the phoenicians. Is this true, or have been the phoenicians erased from the world?
@@Veriox22 it's a complex question as most Lebanese these days identify as Arabs and believe some family oral traditions claiming a Yemeni origin origin. However modern DNA testing has basically debunked all those stories and has shown that most of our genepool is indigenous, directly descended from the older Semitic peoples (Phoenicians/Canaanites, Israelites, Arameans etc) that lived in the region.
@@alfredosauce1 I am glad to hear that. I find it really interesting how, despite all these centuries, the phoenicians have kept their genes and despite their religion, they are able to identify as phoenicians. Glad to see they are not extinct like the sumerians, babylonians, etc.
Forgive me if this is too personal a question, but... as you mention Christmas (& some accurate insights regarding the ancestry of the region), I am curious if you are currently living in Lebanon and practicing Christmas in a religious context (as a Christian), or just in the sort of "generic" and "commercial" sense that has become dominant here in the US? Happy holidays, everyone! ♥️
@@alfredosauce1 way I see it, most Lebanese are Arabs in that they're culturally Arabs. The Arab world contains hundreds of millions of people, the vast majority of those people aren't directly descended from Bedouins, they can't be as the Bedouins dwarfed in numbers compared to their neighbours. I believe allot of cultural integration went off to form the modern Arab world, it's not a single homogeneous nation but a cultural one.
It’s somewhat interesting to have such smart ancestors. I come from Lebanon and I visited Sidon, Tyre and Byblos multiples times. Crazy that all these amazing things happened just where I live. I’m so thankful that you created this documentary as it did indeed surprise me that Phoenicians went all the way to Britain. This small part isn’t mentioned in our history books btw 😅 It’s just so sad that there isn’t much written about their culture and the interesting part is that they didn’t call themselves Phoenicians but the Greeks called them that way. You made me also interested to go and visit Carthage!!
it is really interesting! I'm from Lebanon too and I feel so attached to my history and I would like to know who really were our distant ancestors! It is likely that much of the Phoenician population migrated to Carthage and other colonies following some conquests, but that doesn't really mean that all Phoenicians migrated from their land, e.g. Lebanon! Also DNA testing has linked this ancient culture directly with the people still living around Tyre, in Lebanon. super interesting!
Beautiful History and beautiful civilizations molded our wonderful World. I love places like this. Too bad we never stop having wars since the beginning of times. The World would’ve been the greatest place on Earth. Amazing nature.🌟💫
the modern Lebanese person has nothing to do with the phoenicians, for they have all been slaughtered and sold into slavery by the babylonians, hellenics and by the hundreds of foreign empires that invaded and settled this land. The last phoenicians standing were in carthage and its colonies before they too were slaughtered and sold into slavery by the romans. So you are a hot soup of greek, arabic, turkic and canaanite ancestry, not phoenician
@@mikeday4506 so are we to believe that they were playing with DNA all those centuries ago? If not how did they take their DNA? Now I'm both confused, and interested!
This guy is absolutely brilliant, with knowledge (and research, and photography, and narrative) beyond compare. It's simply the very best content to be found anywhere -- including on TH-cam.
Thanks but I love human history the true history of mankind so I take what I know as truth and reject his story until the full truth is told that where ever they find acient culture and great building and foundations they also found black people ruling great kingdoms and where eliminated and plundered the truth is it's all stolen legacy fortunately we have survived and our scholars of the black and brown people are reclaiming our true history which is the true history of mankind I guess that is why it's time to reset shameless one love one humanity all out of mama Africa 🙏🦁🌴❤️
As a history nerd I love your videos! Hopefully there will be subtitles someday since english is not my native language and I find it easier to read and listen than to just listen. But that does not make it less enjoyable. Your work is incredible! :)
The only option is the auto-generated kind. Those are prone to making mistakes, but the real problem is how they’re presented. With normal subtitles words appear in groups, so usually about 7(ish) words are visible. This lets people read ahead, making them aware of what to listen for, and it’s less jarring to read a phrase at a time. Auto-generated gives a word at a time. As it’s spoken. It’s disjointed and makes it hard to focus on the video.
You a nerd to pursue knowledge it makes watching movies under words in a song overall gives a more ability to enjoy something if one has basic knowledge of it
Outstanding video, historically correct, brilliantly researched, objective and empirical! Congratulations on such a fine production of literary, historical and visual art.
As do I, mostly. Israel was there. That IS history. History must be taught, yes. Honestly, and our host Is Not Dishonest. Why? The truth will set you free
So I went to bed after reading about the phoenician settlement in modern day marseille and I woke up to this video being posted. Thanks Internet! You did it again.
@@innosanto Well, both were originally serpent seed families, *maritime people,* and the sea peoples, descended from Japheth, that are presently some of the royal world overlords. It is the reason why USA fed and state use _maritime law_ as the judicial system, for example. This allows them to make a play on words they use all the time bcuz the elite are master illusionists!
@@redshadow4146 Yes, Phoenicians aren't Human. However, most Humans are part snake (royalty or blue bloods). Like myself. The Phonesians are the same as Phrygians who are Japhetite. Serpent seed.
@@HistoryTime You run a history channel but you haven't been to Crete yet??? you can take a speed ferry directly from Athens, most people neglected the history in Rhodes
Great documentary, well researched, beautifully and professionally presented. I tremendously enjoyed watching it. Knowing the history of a region gives a lot of insight into the present, having in mind how the levant is still suffering regional influences in present day. Well done and thanks for publishing. Just a little comment on the photography used of Phoenician land/ Lebanon, I could not recognise the scenery utilised.
There just isn't a whole lot of literature on them. Most docs on the Phoenicians seem to just circle the question of child sacrifice because there is alot of archeological evidence to dive into on that front. Totally sucks tho. Seeing that photo in this vid of those ruined shipyards made my head spin. We will never really know who these dudes were unless there is some hidden cache of miraculously preserved papyrus somewhere.
A lot of their history was destroyed by the early Christians when they burned down the Library at Alexandria. They wanted to erase the culture which invented their god so they could claim to have invented him.
@@havable wrong, Christians weren't even at the time. The romans after the death of Julius Cesar (48 B.C.) were the ones who destroyed/ burned Alexandria Library which was against their beliefs since they were polytheist and Christians were persecuted by the romans before their conversion the Christianism.
I love your videos. I especially like the maps with the place names on them. I have a hard time just looking at shapes with no labels and trying to decipher if the white is land or sea. I am learning though to recognize some shapes of islands or countries though difficult. Thanks for the excellent videos. I am 73 and a widow. My late husband was excellent at history and geography. Me, not so much, though I am interested more and more after watching your work. God bless you!
This is maybe your best documentary to date, so interesting so atmospheric, and Phoenicians were so interesting group of people, i am not suprised Cy also worked on this documenary
Amazing content, i'm usually not a fan of long video like this, but i have to admit that the ones i watched from you totally took me over and i'll gladly watch more. Good holidays to you people.
When my favorite channel advertises other TH-cam channels like Stefan Milo and History with Cy, which I'm already subscribed to, I can't help but immediately subscribe to The Histocrat aswell! Never heard of that channel, but it's already approved !!
@@badaboys2098 he probably should’ve said Phoenician descendent since the culture is dead, but the people still exist I will say, though the modern Lebanese people are very businessy and love to travel so take that as you will
The level of detail in your video's is outstanding. You have a pleasant voice, for me being a Dutch guy you have a pleasant accent to listen for long periods of times. The tempo of information bringing is also just right and the type of subjects you bring up is so goddamn interesting. Enough with the feather stocking. You have my like sir.
Hes Dutch? Ive watched literally all the video's and I never would have guessed. And Dutch is one of the hardest accents to get rid of in English :D Goeie videos man, je bent momenteel echt 1 van de top-gesciedenis kanalen.
I enjoy your narration style @HistoryTime ! The documentaries on the Arab dynasties is some of the best content on youtube! My only wish is a video on Baibars Sultan of Egypt by you! Keep up the amazing work!
Very entertaining , thanks . Cornwall was almost my second home , Tintagel , exciting . My father spent time on Cyprus , often snorkeling just off the beach . Finding various artefacts , kept them in his garden . When taking on piece to the museum , had it confiscated , deemed a 'National Treasure ' . However , I did acquire the top of an urn , with one complete handle , and an opening of about 90 mm . While now living in the south east coast of South Africa , there was a find a few years ago that hinted about ancient travelers passing the coast , or coming to grief !
I always enjoy your documentaries. Your voice is the cherry on top. And although the background music is pleasant, it would be nice if the volume was turned down just a notch. Ty so much.
Thank you for the lecture! As mentioned at 6:24 and seen also on the map shown the PHOenicians lived along the coasts. It has to be that they were most likely the gods of the waters, instead/besides the gods of the letters. Most of the words that are related to the ancient ethymons: PO, PHO, PA, PHA are in connection with the waters. Example: PO-table, dis-PO-mania, hi-PO-PO-tamus, PO-t, PO-ol, PO-nd, PO-rt, PO-ur, eva-PO-rate, PO-lar (all 3 states), PO-seidon, Meso-PO-tamia, PA-cific ocean, PO-culum (latin pot/cup/glass), PO-tomac river, river PO (the longest in Italy), PO-ros (old name of the Black Sea), a-PO-teka (latin PHArmacy), PO-wer, PO-verty, PHA-RA-O (cycle "O" of water that is moved by the heat of the Sun/RA/RAdius), PA-gan (PO-gan as used in many C. European countries; they had the knowledge of the power of waters this is why they got ridiculed; same thing happend with the BAR-bars, who had the knowledge of the atmosferic powers, later on were named barons), mono-PO-lium, PO-tential, plenty-PO-tential, omni-PO-tential, PO-pe, PO-st (watr fasting), a-PO-stole, PO-ntius Pil(r)ates, macro-PO-lis, PO-pul-ation, a-PO-calypse (I am not a native english speaker but i am almost sure that the word "lypse" once was related to shortage, deficiency; just like in the eclypse). In the Revelations John is giving us a hint where to look for the answer: fiery, sharp sWORD coming out of the mouth. We should of pay much more attention what we are creating/destroying by logos!
and I forgot to mention one of the key words: PU-mp, which in many languages is PO-mp or PO-mpa, from where derived the word PO-mpous/extravagant/overblown, just like the Crystal PA-lace. For example the firefighter in Romanian is PO-mpier (PUmping the water) + POseidon' s tri-dent has to refer to the 3 states of the water/PO (PO--ur, eva-PO-rate, PO-lar) + A-PO-llo / Á-PO-ló (who was the deity of healing, light, music, revelations, poetry, archery) in Hungarian means literally healer/nurse, where music has to refer to healing with ORGONE sound/freqvency and the light to the light healing as seen for example in St. Joseph church in Lancaster, the ARCH and bow has to refer to VAULT/ARCHitecture and also to ARCHives (baptizmal letters, sheet music collections), revelation/Bible, POetry/psalms and verse (vers/HU=PO-em and also ív/HU=ARCH, thus: ARCH-ive= ARCH-ARCH or ív-ív). Those gods at Babel sure confused the languages, and as such also our perception.
I'm sure nobody else is going to say this: I read your comment/self-reply all the way through. It was well thought and insightful. You've connected alot of dots, and furthered my own research and understanding. Mostly though, I am grateful that there's at least 1 person who delivers Long comments and replies!! RAFLMFAO I'm the same way. I'm going to post a lengthy comment, that I hope you enjoy!
Hey thank you for your videos. I can only imagine the work that goes into them. And still, you have some of the best content. Proud to support you man. And thanks for what you don
Herodotus also wrote about Phoenicians taking a voyage for a Egyptian king that circumnavigated all of Africa starting down the Red Sea down to Capetown and up the Atlantic coast and back through the Mediterranean. There were also Phoenician writings in South America and Brazil dumper tons of fill on top of a suspected Phoenician ship wreck at the Bay of Jars, so named due to amphorae washing ashore
I I heard the same thing about people from the Lavant sailing to the Americas. That’s fine lots of highly censored news in the USA like giants, and burial mounds to name only two. Thanks for sharing what you know happened in Brazil
The famous periplus of the African continent by the Phoenicians. And yet the Egyptians never managed this feat. Unlike so many city-states, the Phoenicians were not taken down by the sea peoples. Maybe that's because they were already advanced navigators as were the earlier Minoans.
Fantastic documentary, was excited to see what the next video would be on and this certainly didn't disappoint! Can't wait to see what you have planned for 2021 and hope you take a well earned break over the christmas/new year period. Much love from New Zealand
This is one of the best documentaries I've ever watched and understood with great clarity. What an awesome presentation. Im going to be binging for awhile. You got a new sub. Thanks 😊
Bit of trivia, Sherlock Holmes is investigating the Phoenician-Cornish connection while on vacation in Cornwall in The Adventure Of The Devil's Foot. Not unlike the way most of us spend our vacations, I'd bet.
Love your videos so much! Would love to maybe see a video about the Norwegian civil war era since it isn’t a time period that has gotten much attention
I've always had the feeling that Greek and Phoenician culture influenced each other a lot, because the writing systems are similar, both tended to be maritime powers with city-states early on, and in general some of their art reminds me of Greek art as well. I wonder it might be more than Phoenician and Greek culture blended together after the Phoenicians were absorbed into Alexander the Great's empire, much like Roman and Greek culture blended together later on? We know for sure that Greek culture didn't exactly disappear when the Romans conquered Greece, so it's conceivable that our idea of what Greek culture is also includes elements of Phoenician culture. Even in those early days, those cultures around the Mediterranean interacted and shared quite a bit.
The Greeks took the alphabet from the Phoenecians, who invented it and spread it via their trade. The Mycenaeans didn't have an alphabet--their script is now known as Linear B and it's a syllabary not an alphabet. City-states were also the norm back then--Carthage, Rome, and Babylon were all city-states that conquered and subjugated whole empires and so we stopped thinking of them as city-states. So those two similarities are pretty easily explainable. But yeah cultures definitely mix, and there's no one definition for "Greek" culture. If you asked Plato whether Alexander (a Macedonian) was Greek (Έλληνας), he would have likely said no. But we also know that Alexander brought Greek culture when he conquered the area, because 150 years later the Maccabees struggled against Hellenized Jews during their revolt. So there were almost certainly "Hellenized Phoenicians" to the north as well. Although, it's worth noting that Tyre (mother city of Carthage) was about half-annihilated by Alexander after he took the city, so native culture obviously took a hit as well. Kings & Generals just did an awesome video on that battle you might be interested in: th-cam.com/video/98inDANKtEs/w-d-xo.html
@@lukorradiko1183 nah you’re mistaken, the Slavs didn’t have an alphabet until they converted to Christianity, like 900AD. They’re actually among the last people on earth to get an alphabet
The Phoenicians, renowned sailors and traders of the ancient world, played a crucial role in shaping Mediterranean commerce during the world history documentary era. Originating from the coastal region of present-day Lebanon, they established city-states like Tyre and Sidon. Their expansive maritime trade networks spread goods, culture, and the first alphabet, influencing civilizations as far as Greece and Egypt. Known for their craftsmanship, particularly in purple dye and shipbuilding, the Phoenicians left an indelible mark on ancient history, connecting diverse cultures through the power of the sea.
I did a presentation on the Phoenicians for my Masonic lodge a couple of years ago. Their cultural motto was 'make money, not war', which for the Bronze Age Near East was a remarkable thing. Imagine being in a coastal village in southern Gaul. You see a squad of ships sailing in your direction, and immediately prepare the defenses. Then they get closer and you realize, 'oh thank Toutatis, it's Phoenicians.' They're not going to sack your town and kidnap your families, they're just going to sell you dyed cloth, fine glassware and other luxury goods.
i was a flower child back in the 20th century. our motto was 'make love, not war' for all of us living in our dawning Age of Aquarius THAT was a remarkable thing ;-)
Thank you so much!! Your content is so packed with content you have my eyes glued to TH-cam for 1:03 hours at a time! And my full attention is quite a feat!
One amazing thing about the Phoenician abjad is that, with the exception of some far-eastern and african writing systems as well as the Inuit syllabary, all modern-day writing systems are either descended from it or, as in the case of the Ge'ez abugida of Ethiopia and Eritrea, somewhat related to it.
They weren't talking about theories, which lack evidence to stand up to question. While it is speculated, for instance, about the inuit, we cannot actually prove that they even met, and even had they, it would have been the people who predates the inuit people(btw) not the inuit people themselves. If your going to reference theories please read up on them. Even a google search shows that info in first result. (I checked)
It is more likely the fact our brains recognize patterns created a similar one, or that the neanderthals and other such pre humans that make up our genetics, had a language and perhaps writing at some point and both could have had shared ideas of such that passed down even without contact. One theory is just as outlandish as the other. We need evidence. Not wishful thinking and theories. Evidence. Carbon dated hold it in your hands evidence. The things I said are just as outlandish as the theory you talked about and just as unproven. Possible. Especially given we have proven they at least did have the understanding to do cave drawings etc, and there is theories about more but again... It could be a remnant. Like how hobits and dwarves and all the things imagined in popular fiction reflect quite stunningly people that not only pre dated humans as we exist, but are what eventually resulted in us via mixing with one another. An argument for cell memory could be made. There is more evidence we are related to trees(they actually found where we share dna with trees) than there is that the inuits and Phoenicians ever even met. Just because someone wants it to be true doesn't make it so. It's actually very interesting. Remember. A theory means something is unproven. It doesn't mean it true just because you like it or it's popular for being what a lot of people want to hear. Facts don't care about our feelings. They simply exist. This said. History and anthropology gets very interesting. Actually kiddo often watches stuff that gets into evolution and science otherwise with me and I've my own theory based on what we know- like what of no idea is a new idea? What if it's all in our dna?
Great content as always Mr. Pete! Your channel is one of my absolute favorites these days. It's always great to see new stuff from you in my feed. Take care & happy holidays man!
@@steveraybourn5320 🌵yeah ..."Time Travelin" to all the places Pete Kelly so aptly describes! His videos can make you believe you are right there! ...in that very moment!! What a Masterful Storyteller of Ancient History!! 😊 Bravo 🌄🚣
This guy is absolutely awesome.. I would be honored to meet Him and his team someday.. in a sense, all of human history is one moment in time. A single instantance. I am truly grateful for the amount of time and effort that is put into his work, not to mention the accuracy, the vague details and nuances in the production of His Documentaries.. they are not only informative and educational, they are absolutely amazing ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
@@hogwashmcturnip8930 well it’s a good thing he doesn’t use robot narration, and narrates himself lol you’d have to be an idiot to think he uses a “robot to narrate”
@@jimbeaux89 Ah, Bless! Someone who believes in the Tooth Fairy! You would have to be an idiot not to know there are devices especially for vloggers which 'narrate' their written text to save them doing it,. I bet you think Alexa is Real too don't you? Never mind, Santa will soon be here! You don't need to keep practicing donuts, you already passed!
@@hogwashmcturnip8930 That was rather harsh, unnecessarily so. Everyone knows the tooth fairy is not real. Santa Claus is real. Robot 💬 speech yeah, I hear you. That 💩 drives me 🦇💩 crazy!
Brilliant. Excellent presentation. You narrated this fascinating part of history in a slow and clear manner, much appreciated. Good diction, pitch and pace. BRAVO!
At 53:39 you mention Alexander making sacrifice to Herakles instead of local Gods after the siege of Tyre. However, it should be mentioned that since at least 600 BCE, Herakles was very often conflated with the patron god of Tyre itself, Melqart, to the point of being interchangeable.
Apparently Alexander asked to make a sacrifice at New Tyre, but the Phoenicians refused because if they let him they would be acknowledging him as their overlord or something like that. They said he could make a sacrifice at old Tyre on the mainland. Alexander apparently flew into a rage and told them that they shouldn't feel so confident behind the high walls of new Tyre because it would soon become part of the mainland. So he started the siege of new Tyre by having his army knock down all of the structures of old Tyre and start building palisade out to new Tyre. They had some setbacks but they eventually made it out there and the city gave in. Over the centuries the sediment started building up around that palisade and eventually connected everything to the mainland. You can still see the remnants of that palisade or (bridge) that the Alexander's army built in satellite photos.
There were various sorts of changing interactions and exchanges between Phoenicians, Carthaginians, Greeks and others. The influence of Phoenician culture did not end quickly or suddenly. The father of Pythagoras, Mnesarchus, was a merchant from the city of Tyre. Thales was of Phoenician descent and a descendant of Cadmos. The founder of Stoicism, Zeno of Kitium, was of Phoenician origin. These can be viewed as literary and cultural examples of ancient thinkers directly related to Phoenician cultural influence, but who were called Greek in the 20th century due mainly to cultural habits related to Euro-centrism. Several ancient scholars were very likely in the cultural sphere of influence of the city of Carthage. The city of Berytus (Beirut) had an important law school that lasted until the 6th century.
Wtf are you talking Gareth you mad ? You took all the Greek philosophers and make them Phoenicians? Tell us some Phoenicians poets historians philosophers 😂😂 there is none a barbaric culture killing babies and sacrifice humans
I love the great variety of scenery, mainly mediterannean , you have used in this video including my beloved Malaga , Tarifa and Cadiz . Very enjoyable video thanks for your hard work.
Loved the sponsor intro. True Monty Python, Mate. This is a tragic tale, to be sure, but these peoples, and their culture, live on to this day. In homeschooling my young daughter, I teach her of "phonetics" to learn how words are sounded out and spelled. Even some 4000 years after the fact, this culture still has a lasting impact. Thank you for this episode of history!!
The little snail, by accounts, was also harvested on Leros, an island further up the coast. Tyrian purple is not instantly recognized until oxidation takes place.
The Phoenicians had ties to both Cyprus (named after copper) and Britannia (named after tin). Thus they were in a position to be in control of the ingredients of bronze. The Cornish pasty was invented because the tin miners' hands were covered with ore dust, which was toxic (arsenic was co-located with tin ore).. Miners could hold the pasty by its thick crust (contaminated by the dust on miners' hands) which they would discard after consuming the bulk of the item.
Crazy, my family found out in recent years that my Father's ancestors were Phoenician mariners who shipwrecked along the Norway coast and banded together with other groups and migrated south, fought for William The Conquerer, and later were given land in Antrim, Ireland. Before genetics, and research, we knew so little.
@@paulduffy4585 the Normans, didn't give, they took. The Hiberno-Normans were disposed of that land centuries later by the plantations and later Cromwell.
May I ask a few related questions? How much do we know about Canaanite and Phoenician agriculture? I'm thinking about this question in the following context: As the documentary states, the Levant had a lot of dense cedar-forests, and apart from that, there wasn't an abundance of well-irrigated, cultivatable land. Plus, the Phoenicians amassed their wealth from sea-faring and trade. Also, their cities weren't destroyed during the late bronze age collapse. Agricultural collapse almost certainly had something to do with the late bronze age collapse.... Is it possible that the Phoenicians were spared the worst of it because they had simply never had much agriculture to start with, or simply because they had never been dependent on domestic agriculture? Is it possible that their population just didn't have a sizable peasantry? Is there any way of trying to calculate roughly what percentage of the Phoenician population of Canaan earned their livings working on ships? Could they have been the first civilization in history which imported a very high proportion of its food-supply? Or, when the late bronze age collapse came, if dwindling logistical capacity and access to tin were among the triggers, were the Phoenicians able to leverage their sea-faring ability for protection from the marauders? Maybe they were spared because they had the one thing which everybody wanted - namely, the ability to keep the trade-routes open. The question I'm centrally thinking about is, did a less agriculture-based economy translate into more survivability during the late bronze age collapse?
As an answer to your food supply question, I imagine their deep water abilities opened new fishing that wasn't available to any other nation. This allowed them to switch to a primarily pescatarian diet to insulate them from agricultural crop shortages. They likely sailed on to the next place once their population reached a tipping point, and they start a new trade colony. And for your second question, this is just a hypothesis, but maybe the phoenicians were a part of the bronze age raiders? It sorta makes sense, they rebelled against egypt, won and did a victory lap while everyone was down.
here's some point that can help you with your analysis: 1- cedar forest did not cover the levant, they only grow at 1,000-2,200 m above sea level, thus they were only available on mount Lebanon. 2- Lebanon has the shore hugging the mountains in many locations, especially the north, this renders any foot invasions difficult. 3- Phoenicians had temples deep in lebanon's regions, far from the sea, and many villages still have phoenician names, means this population did not only exist on the coast, but had a support structure back deep in the mountains regions. 4- Phoenicians were invaded (individual cities) many times, and the cities burned to the ground many times, by persians, assyrians etc ... but phoenicians always fled by sea and came back to rebuild the burnt cities after attackers have left. Hence the phoenix associated with rising from the ashes. Phoenicians used money whenever they can, they hired mercenaries (like the case of carthage), but also paid off many attackers even before the attackers were on the gates (call it preemptive bribe). 5- Canaanites were split to many groups, if i am not mistaken, and indeed they formed different sub-cultures, the phoenicians are the group that were the traders/sea travellers (lebanon + a bit to the south and a bit to the north), thus basically all must have been involved in ship work somehow. 6- Keep in mind that phoenicians were able to establish colonies in north africa, a region that was not able to support real cities prior to that (with the exception of nile river), that means the logistics side of things was very developed, otherwise these port-cities could suffer starvation. This said, go back to the bronze age collapse, surely a similar system existed to support the different sister cities. 7- Phoenicians were the masters of sea, who would dare attack them from the sea? they would be sunk before reaching land. Unlike other nations, the phoenicians were a hub for ship leaving and coming all the time, this would render a surprise attack from the sea almost not possible, That might be a reason to why they were spared the attack of sea people.
I am super thrilled you had chosen to make a video about this culture as it did serve as a necessary add-on to the previous video, in order to fully grasp the Late Bronze Age Collapse dynamic. The pictures and audio are top notch, as always, and I highly salute you for covering non-standard history topics within a socio-economic and martial setting. Looking forward to more awesome content like this one in 2021! Merry Christmas!
I was gobsmacked. I watch a LOT of documentaries in English and German, some DIY others produced by professionals. Yours I assumed was in the latter category due to the top-notch presentation. That 'lunch' moment in your boxers was such a surprise and hilarious. If not for that + self-promos later on I'd have been none the wiser. You also have an excellent broadcasting voice in tandem with the quality research + graphics. The town name 'Biblos' means book in Greek which fits in with the town's history. Of course when people talk about outsiders 'visiting' these shores there is more to it than that. Like me an average swarthy South West Walean working in Leicester and discovering every Brit local there was 2 inches taller, eventually working out they're all of Danish stock given local place names and a map of the Danelaw boundary found in a history book. So in the same way Phoenicians colonised certain coastal areas way back when and left a sizable genetic footprint which endures to the present day. Cornwall as you suggest.There is a TH-cam documentary on the Phoenician legacy in Ireland and separate to that I note quite a few indigenous dark Irish playing for their national rugby side suggesting ancient settlers from the Med. Same here in Llanelli, west Wales - where tin was mined, for which the town was renowned, to the extent that the local TV production company calls itself 'Tinopolis'.
Have visited Beirut. Thank you for showing me more artwork from this period. Pre-Alexander. It is astounding. Fine Art, over centuries, has become refined but not better. I saw figures in stone which grabbed my soul. Never forgotten. Unknown date, unknown artist.
23:00 It is suggeted that Minoans of Krete/Keftiu were producing purple dye as early as 1500 BC. So the paint known as Tyrian purple has a longer story and the seashells providing it were perhaps abudand, but not exclusive in Phoenician watters.
The one done in Phoenici wasn't the same color that's why it's as the most expensive dye at that time And Phoenicians were called by the Greek the purple pple
There are a number of errors in this video. The most painfully obvious is the claim that Carthage was completely destroyed and the earth salted at the end of the second Punic war. In fact, Carthage continued to exist as a colony of Rome for some time, and was the center of the agricultural industry of Rome in Northern Africa. So it was not completely destroyed, and its earth was not salted, but instead was rebuilt and continued to be used to produce wheat for another eight centuries. In fact, it was conquered by the Vandals, under Gaiseric, in the 4th century AD, who held it for about a century before the Eastern Roman empire took it back, holding it for another century. It was finally destroyed completely by the Umayyad empire, almost a millennium after your video says it was. It's the Umayyads who reduced its lands to such a condition (probably without salt) that the area was abandoned completely. Earlier, it is stated in the video that the Sea Peoples colluded with, or paid off, the Sea Peoples. Probably one of those two should've been the Phoenicians.
Funny, all of the channels you mentioned in this video - History with Cy, Stefan Milo and The Histocrat - I'm already subscribed too. I can also recommend Fall of Civilizations if anyone want even more excellent history content to indulge. Thank you all for providing all these immersive and fascinating deep dives into the past in a year plagued (see what I did there?) by excessive alone time to be wasted away on TH-cam - at least I've been watching all the good history buff stuff!
Thanks for all the recs! Have watched most, but some are new. Became a history buff when school would stress me out. The stories helped me keep perspective--now I'm just an addict!
I guess anything to take your mind off the fact that Israel is flinging explosives at your country because they're still mad about you trying to move in on the banking industry. Meanwhile nobody does anything to stop it because Israel is above reproach.
@@alexhurt7919 it's Hezbollah, theyre responsible for all the misery in Lebanon. Israel is just gets the blame while the iranian militants destroy us from the inside.
@@theodensonofthengel5787 Hezbollah is only there because of Israel. The entire middle eastern conflict as a whole started because of Israel. Specifically in Lebanon what happened is as follows: 1)Lebanon opens banking industry 2)Lebanese banks pay out high interest rates which attracts people to bank with them 3)Israel gets jelly 4) Israel pushes the conflict towards Lebanon to scare away clients that will be concerned about the safety of their money. More people should be mad about it. I'm sitting here in my country while they've been wasting my tax dollars for 70 years on Israel's war. Meanwhile every politician is rambling "Israel our greatest ally" when they do nothing for us whatsoever. As if that wasn't enough they're repeatedly caught performing espionage against us at a level that would be considered an act of war if any other ally did it. Then they have their propaganda machines running 24/7 making themselves out to be the heroes of the world. You should hear how they talk about the people in the surrounding countries.
@@linkup4793 once you become wise to the propaganda the truth can no longer be hidden. I'm just trying to wake everyone up. It's like everyone learns about propaganda, but then never consider that it's being used on them.
I'm always looking for good history doc channels and yours is certainly one, thus I have subscribed. Being one-quarter British I enjoy the many accents from your islands and would rather see a world history documentary presented by a Britisher than one from a fellow American. Keep up the excellent work and thanks for the many links you've generously provided to other related sources.
48:14 Dido was a phoenician princess that lost the power cause of a coup and had to flee and founded Carthago, according to mythology. She has nothing to do with Troy, you got it wrong, mythology claims the same as you claimed or historians claim... Aineas, a survivor of Troy with other surviving fellow-Trojans stranded there and begged Dido for shelter and supplies, in order to carry on their search for a new home, thus later founding Rome, but that´s a theatric plot invented by Virgil in Rome thousand years after the trojan war. Virgil had to "invent" some noble descent for Romans that wasn´t a greek descent, since Greeks were the big contendors of Rome, and since in the "Trojan war" (Homer) the Trojans seemed to be more peaceloving and civilised than the Greeks, Virgil thought that that would be a great idea... So, the connection of Troy to Carthago was simply invented by Virgil, while Carthago was a phoenician city already in the times of mythology, and its mythological foundation might be correct, that is, that a princess fled Phoenicia in fear for her life, and founded Carthago.
@Roberto Biagio Randazzo Well, at least you can say that some pheonician aristocrat, male or female, used to lead colonization expeditions, and that this aristocrat was going because circumstances forced him/her, and his/her stay in the mother-city was not wished anymore, or that he/she has inherited too little to be able to stay in the mother-city, possibly even betrayed upon his/her inheritance... At least that were reasons that greek colonization-expeditions were lead by an aristocrat... Maybe not a betrayed phoenician princess, but instead the 7th son of a phoenician aristocrat, who inherited nothing, cause the first 6 sons have inherited everything and he felt, additionally, betrayed about his inheritance. All circumstances that could give ground to the myth about Dido (a betrayed princess, unwished in her mother-city)....
@Roberto Biagio Randazzo There are historical ancient records of a person named Dido/ Elyssa.. Virgils Aenead may not be accurate but the person was actually most likely a historical figure, whether or not she truly was the founder of Carthage
What saddens me is that most of my fellow Lebanese either don't know, or don't care to know about their own history... Thank you HT, for this documentary and for shedding some light on a civilization which, I believe hasn't been given the attention it deserves from a historical POV.
It is understandable Just Music. As you know, The Lebanon is one of the oldest identities in the world and a lot of history took place there. There is a lot to absorb, so more recent history is more top of mind. But more could be done to elevate this both illustrious and tragic past.
@@jaylarsen3647 Agreed, Religious identity takes precedence in the case of Islam, that's one of the problems and that's why it's almost a taboo to say you're not an Arab in Lebanon, neither ethnically, historically, nor culturally.
BECAUSE THEY ARENT OF PHOENICIAN BLOOD DUH, they are severely mixed to care. I am blood royalty and it angers that my ancestors don’t get the recognition they deserve .
Just Music ...Modern day Lebanese have nothing to do with the Phoenicians.Phoenicians were Egyptians.The Phoenicians alphabet was derived from Egypt.The Bible says Phoenicians /Canaanites were of the dark race.,and their images are carved on ancient walls.
@@lukemonk1855 Hello Luke, i see You are passionate, so i tell You what my opinions are... I don´t think our history is completely destroyed by nature, ideologies, religion, nationalism, are more the reasons why we don´t know our past... China don´t want that the World know who was the peoples who bring the first civilization in china, the same with Egypt, the same with India..... But most of all there is a "tribe" who do everything possible to destroy Europeans and their history, things like "cultural Marxism" are tools from this tribe for this purpose.... I believe that "Holly-Land" (Heiligland), today "Helgoland" is a tiny rest of what was "Adlanda" (called "Atlantis" by Greeks) and that many civilizations around the World, was colonies from this Peoples. There are European Mummies everywhere around the World and mythology around the world talking about blond and red haired "gods" bringing knowledge and prosperity... ps. sorry for my bad English ;)
8 times you failed to export. 8 times I waited half an hour to an hour to see you crumble at the final hurdle. But on the 9th, when all hope was lost, came victory. That’s it for 2020 folks. Thanks for watching. Don’t forget to subscribe for more ancient history early medieval epic ness. Best content I’ve ever made by far on the way for 2021. If you enjoyed the vid don’t forget to leave a comment as this is the easiest way to help the channel. cheers all and catch you next year!
@Tyler B #2 Read another book than Bible.
The title of the video is a bit incorrect and annoying
Happy holidays and happy new year! Keep on keeping on, Pete! 😎🎄🎉
THEY WERE NOT EUROPEANS BUT FROM THE LEVANT MIDDLE EAST SEMITIC or related to EGYPTIANS to PERSIANS, genetic research even shows early Minoans & Etruscans were migrating TURKIC peoples into east southeast Europe Mediterranean. They just sailed EVERYWHERE thru the Mediterranean into Coasts of Africa into Britain & India
Great video as always. But at about 30:30, I think you made a mistake when you said Scholars suggest that the "Sea Peoples colluded with or paid off the invaders". Instead of "Sea People's I think you meant the Phoenicians?
You almost feel guilty that you get to watch this for free. The quality is above anything on the History channel. Brilliant job Pete
Not at all..... Decent quality thats about it.
You mean the Used To Be About History Channel?
@@WhoTookMyMirr yes, the alien channel.
Ancient aliens 🤣🤣
No I don’t, who told you that about me?
There was an ancient Phoenician writer called Sanchioniathon whose work has been lost but he was supposed to have been translated by Philo of Byblios - a writer of the Roman era whose work has also been lost.Had we still had both of these works we would have had a treasure trove of Phoenician religion,mythology,culture and lots more.
Almost like there a reason for that
Obviously they don't want to be found
I'm sure it will be found in the Vatican one day, along with Aristotle's Poetics Part Deux.
Many of their traditions are saved thru in ancient Greek tribes of Evoia and other islands, as Phoenicians were ancient Greek tribes as described by Plutarch.
@@ITSONLYMEWATCHING The burning of the library of Alexandria; must have been a lot of treasure lost!
How do we know?! If it’s been lost? Lol
I’ve been reading through Samuel, Kings and Chronicles and remember them talking about building ships and sailing from Tyre but I never knew the link to the Phoenicians! I love it when I get “the bigger picture”.
yea, it was the Kanaanites - Amorites that built the first Babylon.
Check put the Chaldeans... in biblical sense. Read the book of Yasher
Pythagoras means 'Heart of the Serpent', he was born in Sidon, a fishing Port in Phoenicia. His mother received a prophecy from the Oracle at Delphi that he would become a great Leader & Teacher. Sidon means 'Kingdom of the Fish', & the Essenes, who wrote the Dead Sea scrolls, worshipped Pythagoras. The Sarcophagus of Eshmun III found in Sidon names him as the 'Widow's Scion', aka Hiram Abiff, Founder of Freemasonry, of which Tyre was the premier Capital (at least equal to Thebes).
In 911BC Rameses II married the Queen of Sidon, home of Jezebel (Daughter or consort of Baal, ie "Queen") founding Neo Assyrian Babylon, an alliance between Egypt & Hiram, Father of Jezebel, & King of Assyria; forming the Phoenician colonies, & building the Temple of Melqart to commemorate their alliance.
The Si in Sidon is the basis of the Latin Exe, or X, and is the basis of the Cross, or Chi Rho that Constantine painted on his shields. Also known as the Cross of Tyre, or Cross of Baal, being Ra-El, or Ba'El. Using Euler's number to map irrational numbers also produces a Templar Cross: ie where Eclipses are most likely to occur, called the 'Saros' Cycle. This cross can also be seen around the neck of Nimrod in Assyria, consistent with the Union Jack, & Solstice Calendar found in the Vatican's Shiva Lingam. Shiva is the Hebrew word for 7, & their culture also found its way to Korea & Japan (via the Philippines) ultimately becoming Shintoism.
It was the Phoenicians who gave their name to the Pole Star, _Phoenice,_ which they used to Navigate the Oceans using the Zodiac, that's what the Antikythera mechanism was for, & with it they wrote the Byblos Baal; what we now call the Bible. The first form of the Bible was written in 325BC & called 'Vaticanus Graecus', or 'Son of the Sacred Serpent', ie Sirius, the basis of the Sothic Calendar, which uses a Hex Decimal & base 60 system found in all Megalithic sites around the world.
In the second century AD the Astronomer Valentinus Vettori transcribed it into a Lunar chart of 13 houses, what we now call the Zodiac. Horoscope means 'Star Watcher', or 'Time Keeper' & the Phoenician word for Saturn, or El, was *_Israel_* or _El,_ (Fruit) of Isis (Ishtar) & (Amin) Ra. Equally El is the 'Father' of Ra the Sun, & Consort of Isis the Earth Mother, ergo _'El Ptah'_ is the *Moon* or Set, the Stranger.
Phoenicia was the interim between Egypt & Greece, with artisans & culture exceeding that of the Greeks, whom literally adopted the Phoenician Alphabet, which we still use to this day; sounding out words phonetically. 'Phoenician' is alliterated in 'Venetian', & 'Vikings', being Kings of the Sea, [Sea Pharoahs]
El is the primary God of the Phoenicians, representing the offspring of Egypt, & his consort Astarte or Ishtar represents the Assyrian half of the alliance. Such lineages & alliances can be traced (through the naming of gods) to Ireland & the Vikings, Indonesia, the Americas; even as far away as Australia, & New Zealand.
It denotes Sirius as 'Son' of Orion & Pleiades, which sits at 33 degrees of the Zodiac. The basis of the Sothic (Seth) Decan Calendar of the Egyptians. The New Moon in this position marks Rosh Hashanah, the Egyptian, Celtic, Phoenician, & Assyrian New Year, with the first New Moon of September, so called as it's the 7th House of the Zodiac, when the Sun is in Ophuichus.
'Phoenix', 'Benben', or 'Bennu', is Egyptian for 'Heron', or Feathered 'Serpent'. It baptised itself in frankincense & myrrh at Baalbek, then alights atop the Great Pyramid, upon the Holy Grail, or Altar of Ra, every 630 years to take three days off the calendar; during the course of the first New Moon of Nisan, which means 'Prince'. The Capstone of Pyramids is even called the Benben or Bennu.
The Phoenix is found in all religions, which are all Astrological Allegory for the Moon traversing the Constellations as a soul migrating from body to body. Thus is the basis of Joseph Campbell's Monomyth, or 'Hero's Journey' with the cycles & orbits of the planets serving as portents, omens, allies, etc. Thus Astrology was the Science of the Bronze Age & Reincarnation was the early teaching of the Gnostic Christian Church, & relates to the lineage of Kings: "The Pan is Dead! _Long live Pan!"_
The Bennu is the Egyptian Phoenix, to Phoenicians the Hoyle, Etruscans saw birds as sacred too, as did Celts, & Picts. Hebrew & Iberia have the same root; meaning _'over'_ ie _'overseas'_ or 'those [whom travel] over [the] sea'. A colony called Iberia also appeared on the Eastern shores of the Black Sea, with the same Dolmen & Megalithic culture originating in Ireland and Brittany circa 4500BC.
_Phoenician_ means 'Scion of the Phoenix', the first Bible: Vaticanus Graecus; 'Scion of the Sacred Serpent' (Prince). Then there's the Essenes; :Sons of Light', the Tuatha De Danaan; Sons of Light, Anunnaki; Sons of Light, Arthur Pendragon; Arthur [Thor] 'Son of the Dragon'. Chertoff is Russian for "Son of the Devil" & Dracula also means 'Scion of the Dragon'. Masons call themselves the "Brotherhood of the Great White Serpent", & the Ziggurat of Anu denotes her as a great white Serpent too, while at New Grange & the Bru na Boinne, Ireland (4000BC) the white quartz ramparts also denote the Moon. The Moon itself travels either side of the Solar Elliptic by 5 degrees through specific constellations in a serpentine fashion that is always changing, but repeats every 19 years, the time it took to train a Druid or Magi, Magi meaning 'Teacher'. The Phoenix is also associated with this sacred number 19.
"Pharoah" means 'Great House' or 'House of Light' & Cairo used to be called Babel. Pharaohs were called 'Commander in Chief' & wore a hooded crown representing feathers, as do Native American Chiefs, ie the Feathered Serpent. Aztecs also had 'Serpent Kings', (Canaan means Serpent Kings, & Sidon was a Son of Canaan & Great Grandson of Noah) who were called to lead with "cunning & guile" being the virtue of their "right to rule"; being seen as "just" in public, while shrewd in private. "As wise as Serpents, (while appearing as) _gentle_ as Doves." The old Egyptian flag of an Eagle holding a Snake is also reflected in the Modern Mexican flag, denoting the Constellations of Serpentis (13th sign of the Zodiac) and Aquila.
The dimensions & 12 mathematical constants of the Great Pyramid are also found in New Grange, & Stonehenge, as well as in Watson Brake, (2500BC) & Teotihuacan, which correlates to the Phoenician/ Sumerian Seximal system, which is what our modern systems of time are based on, unlocking a fractal pattern reflected in the musical chord, electrical resistance, relative Planetary orbits, indeed; throughout _all_ creation.
Officially no one knows who invented Astrology, the Zodiac, navigation by the stars, or time keeping. But whoever built the pyramids, & pioneered the 24hr clock in Egypt 5000 years ago already knew the exact dimensions of the Earth, & the speed of light. Because these can all be calculated using these Megalithic sites as a Surveyor use a Theodolite. Specifically at Teotihuacan; 230 degrees opposite Cairo, & with the exact same footprint. The ideal positions to determine the speed of light using the transit of Venus, allowing for accurate Longitude for Maritime navigation. Capt Cook did the same thing in 1774 when he 'discovered' Easter Island.
The only culture that fits the bill was wiped out "not one stone upon the other" by the Romans in 146BC. Tyre, the capital of Phoenicia (Israel) sat just offshore from Ursu Salaam: City of the New Moon; City [or 'Rock'] of Peace; root of the name _'Jerusalem'_ & was also seized by Rome in 70AD after a 3.5 year siege. The gap between is 216 years (6x6x6).
Greek Dionysians built the Temple of Solomon (now called the Temple of Melqart) representing the Solar Lunar (Solomonic) Metonic Calendar on which this system is based. They also carried mirrors, same as Magi, Druids, Greeks, & Egyptian scholars. These Mirrors are Astrological charts called 'Cycladic _Pans'_ & record the cycles of the planets. The first Temple of Melqart ( Phoenician Horus, Hercules, Pan, Thor) represents the 13th Constellation of Ophiuchus or 'Serpent Bearer' (hence Orphic Serpent worship) & had pillars of Emerald (Jasper) & Gold, ie Isis (Tree of Life) and Osiris (Tree of Knowledge). The Jerusalem Temple only took payment in "Shekels of Tyre" a currency minted during the Israelite rebellion against Rome, hence _"give that which is Caesar's unto Caesar"_
When Alexander sacked Tyre in 332BC they relocated to Carthage meaning "New City" or New Jerusalem, & built a second temple with Pillars of Bronze. Nebuchadnezzar also sieged Tyre for 13 years, taking the City captive in 573BC: the same time as the biblical account, & again the Romans in 70AD after a 3.5 year siege, also consistent with the same biblical accounts.
Palaset was the name of a tribe of the Sea Peoples, Pallas _Set_ denotes the New Moon of Ammun Ra rising in Gemini, the *Pallas* Constellation of the Twins "that stand before Orion", due West of the Temple between the Gates [Pillars] of Gibraltar; "Gabriel's Altar", ie 'Pallas Stein', or Pallas Stone, 'Phallus' or Philosopher's Stone: the _"Rising Son"._ So 'Wormwood', like 'Tyre' means 'Bitter Rock', for the same reason; as the Son rising from the 'Bitter' [Salt or 'Black'] Sea of the Underworld; The 'Black Rock' or 'Gatestone' 🌑
The Cross of Tyre or Ba'El ❌ represents Lunar maximums & minimums & correlates with the Cross Quarter days of the Solstice Calendar. Align the Cross ❌ Chi Rho Christian ✝️ & Star 🔯 to the Zodiac, & you have a Compass & Timepiece that correlates to the Nautical Mile; allowing for global Maritime navigation.
It is in fact an Astrological allegory for a Sothic Metonic Saros Zodiac Calendar using Accusations in a Mirror 🪞
*A Phoenix **_Cypher_*
I’m Lebanese, I feel proud 🇱🇧☝️ And I’m a teacher and a businessman who traveled the world and settled long ago abroad, a typical Phoenician 👍
Dan Dan, With fuel prices increasing
I look to Exodus 20, 10 Mitzvot & Exodus
21 as prayer as we learn how to maintain
boatbuilding , rowing, painting, and sail
I suppose settlements about 30 miles apart describe the world. Farther?
Oil is only one way to travel. Neat how former British Navy man Mr. Beal chose
a Lebanese boat for his long voyage
. What's a typical Lebanese breakfast ?
Hi Robert, breakfast eggs bit lamb salt pepper. Blend scrambled. Warm flat Lebanese bread 🍞. Lebanese call our daily food meza mixed wholesome foods . As well as Home food home cooked on fire stove . Much that not sold over counter these days. All natural beautiful. Thx for asking.
Apologies, canaanites are from the sons of Ham(Black Africans).
If you wanna ignore this fact then ignorance is bless I suppose
I DON'T THINK THERE WERE LEBANESE IN NORTH AFRICA AT THAT TIME NO EVIDENCE
I DON'T THINK HANNIBAL WAS LEBANESE
This is what TH-cam is all about: Great, beautifully put together informative content.
True that my friend! Regards Malaysia..
I thought it was a place to argue in the comment section 😅
@@aksbeixhev No, it isn't.
(REF: Monty Python's Argument Sketch)
Should be, you mean. Apart from that, I do second that thought.
@@aksbeixhev That, too 😉
Very few youtubers get me excited when I see an upload, but seeing a History Time upload always gets me looking forward to my evening
Pete, I love your documentaries. At the same time they are the best way to fall sleep when I have insomnia... not because they are boring but your voice; it's so hypnotizing, same with your brother's channel
You make everything so epic man, so glad we got a series together.
I'd like to hear you narrate my morning routine lol.
I'm thrilled that you made a series together! You're both amazing history TH-camrs.
He may be epic but you've got a few good things going for you too Milo. Anyway this video was excellent. It's good to see you guys collaborating to produce awesome content. This one on the Phoenicians was awesome and I think I might just hop over to Miloville after it to check out what you've been up to recently. Best wishes for Christmas.
LOL
Happy to do an exchange and have you narrate my life. Promises to add a comedic charm
You have so much style and humor in your work, my favorite "history" channel. Give us more! :)
Bro, I'm only 3 mins into the video and can already tell the quality is impeccable. Then I noticed the complete lack of adverts throughout... you sir are a legend
You should thank advertising for making videos like this free to watch.
@@hatimaheddar2411 there are no adverts in this video so what you say makes no sense and I don't think you even read my comment. I thank the creator of this channel for making the video free to watch. I will not be thanking advertisers for anything ever.
Did I expect an intro to a Phoeniecian video in Cornwall? Can't say I did
Being Cornish myself, I'm very glad that it did.
It was Corny, but that's good.
Haha yeah, I kept checking I was watching the right video!
That's why I am scrolling through the comments😂
Ha! (me too. Nice to be surprised at my age.)
I don't think have words to express how much appreciation I have for such hard and amazing work. I love all things history and this channel has brought me hours of excellent content.
Better than anything on The History Channel. I always have to remind myself that these documentaries were made by a TH-cam Team. They are of such high quality, that one would be forgiven for thinking that they were made with a huge budget.
Highly advanced updated history lessons.
Not much real history on the History Channel, just cheap, sensationalist Hollywood entertainment.
@@chorton38305 History Channel still thinks Columbus was a hero not an invader and butcher. What I mean to say is, I'm with you!
@@havable Queen Isabella takes offense to that characterization!!
History channel is a disgrace to its own name, just shitty tv shows like pawn stars and storage wars and conspiracy theory bullshit like alien nazis and shit, absolutely fuck all to do with history these days.
The 2 hour documentary on the Sea Peoples was amazing and very interesting. Thanks for such a wonderful production! Looking forward to finishing the second half of this video on the Phoenicians! I am learning so much from your videos! Thank you! God bless you!
SHARON, ' Been inspired by Sir Isaac
and Olivia Newton- windmill, bicycle, rowboat; are you a boater , Canoe Canoe ? Ma's name paternally Keal,
worcin' hard on Denny Caledonia again, of 1849-1850 in Cedar Kee, Flowida. This Caledonia similar to Viking Knarr
originally operated by Newton in Boston,
England. Skills of this Bible Boy much less than Skuldelev or our ancient neighbor, Lebanon.
With porn, no more sacrificing; with
Jesus " no adultery with me eyes ! "
U r incapable of learning u believe is santa claus. I say to u dellusional ppl grow up and start acting like adults!
@@robertknowles2699 go get ur head looked at psycho
@@robertknowles2699 What the fuck are you talking about?
@@robertknowles2699 Unfortunately, spell check (I call it spellcrap) kinda mangled your sentence. You're right about adultery (Mat 5:20-40) and a carpenter-Rabbi showing us the way.
You may seriously provide the best YT docs out there, man.
I totally agree!! It's so well constructed, great clean information in a great vibe! You see he loves what he do!
I keep having to rewind and listen to what you had just said because my imagination kept pulling me away as you painting a picture. Not a bad thing at all I find your videos are the only content having me do this. Absolutely amazing stuff.
Lebanese guy here, this is a nice early Christmas present. Thank you HT you are class.
Hey quick question. I have always wondered if the lebanese are the direct descendands of the phoenicians. Is this true, or have been the phoenicians erased from the world?
@@Veriox22 it's a complex question as most Lebanese these days identify as Arabs and believe some family oral traditions claiming a Yemeni origin origin. However modern DNA testing has basically debunked all those stories and has shown that most of our genepool is indigenous, directly descended from the older Semitic peoples (Phoenicians/Canaanites, Israelites, Arameans etc) that lived in the region.
@@alfredosauce1 I am glad to hear that. I find it really interesting how, despite all these centuries, the phoenicians have kept their genes and despite their religion, they are able to identify as phoenicians. Glad to see they are not extinct like the sumerians, babylonians, etc.
Forgive me if this is too personal a question, but... as you mention Christmas (& some accurate insights regarding the ancestry of the region), I am curious if you are currently living in Lebanon and practicing Christmas in a religious context (as a Christian), or just in the sort of "generic" and "commercial" sense that has become dominant here in the US?
Happy holidays, everyone! ♥️
@@alfredosauce1 way I see it, most Lebanese are Arabs in that they're culturally Arabs. The Arab world contains hundreds of millions of people, the vast majority of those people aren't directly descended from Bedouins, they can't be as the Bedouins dwarfed in numbers compared to their neighbours. I believe allot of cultural integration went off to form the modern Arab world, it's not a single homogeneous nation but a cultural one.
It’s somewhat interesting to have such smart ancestors. I come from Lebanon and I visited Sidon, Tyre and Byblos multiples times. Crazy that all these amazing things happened just where I live. I’m so thankful that you created this documentary as it did indeed surprise me that Phoenicians went all the way to Britain. This small part isn’t mentioned in our history books btw 😅 It’s just so sad that there isn’t much written about their culture and the interesting part is that they didn’t call themselves Phoenicians but the Greeks called them that way. You made me also interested to go and visit Carthage!!
it is really interesting! I'm from Lebanon too and I feel so attached to my history and I would like to know who really were our distant ancestors!
It is likely that much of the Phoenician population migrated to Carthage and other colonies following some conquests, but that doesn't really mean that all Phoenicians migrated from their land, e.g. Lebanon! Also DNA testing has linked this ancient culture directly with the people still living around Tyre, in Lebanon. super interesting!
Beautiful History and beautiful civilizations molded our wonderful World. I love places like this. Too bad we never stop having wars since the beginning of times. The World would’ve been the greatest place on Earth. Amazing nature.🌟💫
the modern Lebanese person has nothing to do with the phoenicians, for they have all been slaughtered and sold into slavery by the babylonians, hellenics and by the hundreds of foreign empires that invaded and settled this land. The last phoenicians standing were in carthage and its colonies before they too were slaughtered and sold into slavery by the romans. So you are a hot soup of greek, arabic, turkic and canaanite ancestry, not phoenician
@@karlkfoury2213 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@karlkfoury2213 And you became Arab at the end.
I am absolutely proud to have Phoenician ancestors, a great civilization
@@karlkfoury2213 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Check Philippine history where phoenicians trade at the ends of the earth
@@karlkfoury2213 90 Pro in lebanon are phoenician look the documantary but its German threy took DNA From a phoenician King
Same 🇱🇧
@@mikeday4506 so are we to believe that they were playing with DNA all those centuries ago? If not how did they take their DNA? Now I'm both confused, and interested!
This guy is absolutely brilliant, with knowledge (and research, and photography, and narrative) beyond compare. It's simply the very best content to be found anywhere -- including on TH-cam.
The narration, depth of info, sound scapes, everything.. 10s across the board. Subscribed! Looking foreward to watching all of your content!
ME TOO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks but I love human history the true history of mankind so I take what I know as truth and reject his story until the full truth is told that where ever they find acient culture and great building and foundations they also found black people ruling great kingdoms and where eliminated and plundered the truth is it's all stolen legacy fortunately we have survived and our scholars of the black and brown people are reclaiming our true history which is the true history of mankind I guess that is why it's time to reset shameless one love one humanity all out of mama Africa 🙏🦁🌴❤️
As a history nerd I love your videos!
Hopefully there will be subtitles someday since english is not my native language and I find it easier to read and listen than to just listen. But that does not make it less enjoyable. Your work is incredible! :)
U can turn subtitles on in ur settings!
The only option is the auto-generated kind. Those are prone to making mistakes, but the real problem is how they’re presented. With normal subtitles words appear in groups, so usually about 7(ish) words are visible. This lets people read ahead, making them aware of what to listen for, and it’s less jarring to read a phrase at a time. Auto-generated gives a word at a time. As it’s spoken. It’s disjointed and makes it hard to focus on the video.
There’s transcriptions which is the same thing as subtitles
It's amazing our alphabet is from ancient peoples from middle East it's amazing what we can learn from other cultures
You a nerd to pursue knowledge it makes watching movies under words in a song overall gives a more ability to enjoy something if one has basic knowledge of it
Outstanding video, historically correct, brilliantly researched, objective and empirical! Congratulations on such a fine production of literary, historical and visual art.
Very well put, and I completely agree!
As do I, mostly. Israel was there. That IS history. History must be taught, yes. Honestly, and our host Is Not Dishonest. Why? The truth will set you free
This is absolutely fascinating, highly, and incredibly informative.Outstanding documentary Pete.
One of the best. I don't want to admit how many times I've researched and listened to the collection.
So I went to bed after reading about the phoenician settlement in modern day marseille and I woke up to this video being posted. Thanks Internet! You did it again.
couldnt you read about winning a lottery? 🤣
Marseille was a Greek colony not Phoenician.
@@innosanto Well, both were originally serpent seed families, *maritime people,* and the sea peoples, descended from Japheth, that are presently some of the royal world overlords. It is the reason why USA fed and state use _maritime law_ as the judicial system, for example. This allows them to make a play on words they use all the time bcuz the elite are master illusionists!
@@AverageAmerican not all pure Phoenicians are dead. I am blood royalty :)
@@redshadow4146 Yes, Phoenicians aren't Human. However, most Humans are part snake (royalty or blue bloods). Like myself. The Phonesians are the same as Phrygians who are Japhetite. Serpent seed.
Awesome documentary as always. I know this won't be seen but screw it....will there be any documentary about The Minoan Civilization?
Yes there will be. Though I will need to visit Crete first.
@@HistoryTime You run a history channel but you haven't been to Crete yet??? you can take a speed ferry directly from Athens, most people neglected the history in Rhodes
@@HistoryTime And notice all the buried buildings, like everywhere in the world. Explain that !!!
Bettany Hughes. The Minoans. Fill yer boots mate. You may also like The Fall of Civillisations by Paul Cooper. Fill them boots some more.
@@worldcitizeng6507 Please excuse me for not having visited everywhere on the planet.
Great documentary, well researched, beautifully and professionally presented. I tremendously enjoyed watching it. Knowing the history of a region gives a lot of insight into the present, having in mind how the levant is still suffering regional influences in present day. Well done and thanks for publishing. Just a little comment on the photography used of Phoenician land/ Lebanon, I could not recognise the scenery utilised.
Who needs TV when you have quality content like this.
Never mind the weird accents. This stuff is pure *GOLD*
I am constantly amazed by the quality of your content. Thank you so much for what you do!
thanks for this, I love watching docs about the Phoenicians, I don't think there's enough of them.
There just isn't a whole lot of literature on them. Most docs on the Phoenicians seem to just circle the question of child sacrifice because there is alot of archeological evidence to dive into on that front. Totally sucks tho. Seeing that photo in this vid of those ruined shipyards made my head spin. We will never really know who these dudes were unless there is some hidden cache of miraculously preserved papyrus somewhere.
@@davidrafferty2491 Made up religion based on sacrifice of the first-born in order to give their ruler a safety net. Less competition for the throne.
A lot of their history was destroyed by the early Christians when they burned down the Library at Alexandria. They wanted to erase the culture which invented their god so they could claim to have invented him.
@@davidrafferty2491 "unless there is some hidden cache of miraculously preserved papyrus somewhere."
Library at Alexandria.
@@havable wrong, Christians weren't even at the time. The romans after the death of Julius Cesar (48 B.C.) were the ones who destroyed/ burned Alexandria Library which was against their beliefs since they were polytheist and Christians were persecuted by the romans before their conversion the Christianism.
I absolutely love History Time. I always play his documentaries when I nap.
I love your videos. I especially like the maps with the place names on them. I have a hard time just looking at shapes with no labels and trying to decipher if the white is land or sea. I am learning though to recognize some shapes of islands or countries though difficult. Thanks for the excellent videos. I am 73 and a widow. My late husband was excellent at history and geography. Me, not so much, though I am interested more and more after watching your work. God bless you!
Same, I love map references but the grey land and white water blanks always confuse my eyes for a few seconds
This is maybe your best documentary to date, so interesting so atmospheric, and Phoenicians were so interesting group of people, i am not suprised Cy also worked on this documenary
Amazing content, i'm usually not a fan of long video like this, but i have to admit that the ones i watched from you totally took me over and i'll gladly watch more. Good holidays to you people.
When I saw some were 3 hours I thought omg I won’t watch all at once…. I did 👏👏👏👏👏 enthralling documentaries
When my favorite channel advertises other TH-cam channels like Stefan Milo and History with Cy, which I'm already subscribed to, I can't help but immediately subscribe to The Histocrat aswell! Never heard of that channel, but it's already approved !!
I’m a Phoenician and you made me proud.
Same 🇱🇧
Not your not😂
@@badaboys2098 he probably should’ve said Phoenician descendent since the culture is dead, but the people still exist
I will say, though the modern Lebanese people are very businessy and love to travel so take that as you will
The level of detail in your video's is outstanding. You have a pleasant voice, for me being a Dutch guy you have a pleasant accent to listen for long periods of times. The tempo of information bringing is also just right and the type of subjects you bring up is so goddamn interesting. Enough with the feather stocking. You have my like sir.
Hes Dutch? Ive watched literally all the video's and I never would have guessed. And Dutch is one of the hardest accents to get rid of in English :D Goeie videos man, je bent momenteel echt 1 van de top-gesciedenis kanalen.
@@infoinfo6653 Gast, hij niet.. ik.
@@2014andBeyonD Jezus... begrijpend lezen is blijkbaar niet mijn sterkste punt op TH-cam:D goed dat je het zegt
Sounding more pleasant than a Dutch accent is not a great feat..
Your documentaries are absolutely exquisite, really don't know how much more praise I could throw at you.
Great program. Thanks very much for the knowledge and high quality video!
I enjoy your narration style @HistoryTime ! The documentaries on the Arab dynasties is some of the best content on youtube! My only wish is a video on Baibars
Sultan of Egypt by you! Keep up the amazing work!
Very entertaining , thanks . Cornwall was almost my second home , Tintagel , exciting .
My father spent time on Cyprus , often snorkeling just off the beach . Finding various artefacts , kept them in his garden . When taking on piece to the museum , had it confiscated , deemed a 'National Treasure ' . However , I did acquire the top of an urn , with one complete handle , and an opening of about 90 mm . While now living in the south east coast of South Africa , there was a find a few years ago that hinted about ancient travelers passing the coast , or coming to grief !
I love this series! It's completely fascinating. I've seen a lot about the Sumerian culture but not the Phonecian history. Thanks very much.
I always enjoy your documentaries. Your voice is the cherry on top. And although the background music is pleasant, it would be nice if the volume was turned down just a notch. Ty so much.
You all have no idea how much I love that The Histocrat, History with Cy, and History time teaming up
Thank you for the lecture! As mentioned at 6:24 and seen also on the map shown the PHOenicians lived along the coasts. It has to be that they were most likely the gods of the waters, instead/besides the gods of the letters. Most of the words that are related to the ancient ethymons: PO, PHO, PA, PHA are in connection with the waters. Example: PO-table, dis-PO-mania, hi-PO-PO-tamus, PO-t, PO-ol, PO-nd, PO-rt, PO-ur, eva-PO-rate, PO-lar (all 3 states), PO-seidon, Meso-PO-tamia, PA-cific ocean, PO-culum (latin pot/cup/glass), PO-tomac river, river PO (the longest in Italy), PO-ros (old name of the Black Sea), a-PO-teka (latin PHArmacy), PO-wer, PO-verty, PHA-RA-O (cycle "O" of water that is moved by the heat of the Sun/RA/RAdius), PA-gan (PO-gan as used in many C. European countries; they had the knowledge of the power of waters this is why they got ridiculed; same thing happend with the BAR-bars, who had the knowledge of the atmosferic powers, later on were named barons), mono-PO-lium, PO-tential, plenty-PO-tential, omni-PO-tential, PO-pe, PO-st (watr fasting), a-PO-stole, PO-ntius Pil(r)ates, macro-PO-lis, PO-pul-ation, a-PO-calypse (I am not a native english speaker but i am almost sure that the word "lypse" once was related to shortage, deficiency; just like in the eclypse). In the Revelations John is giving us a hint where to look for the answer: fiery, sharp sWORD coming out of the mouth. We should of pay much more attention what we are creating/destroying by logos!
and I forgot to mention one of the key words: PU-mp, which in many languages is PO-mp or PO-mpa, from where derived the word PO-mpous/extravagant/overblown, just like the Crystal PA-lace. For example the firefighter in Romanian is PO-mpier (PUmping the water)
+ POseidon' s tri-dent has to refer to the 3 states of the water/PO (PO--ur, eva-PO-rate, PO-lar)
+ A-PO-llo / Á-PO-ló (who was the deity of healing, light, music, revelations, poetry, archery) in Hungarian means literally healer/nurse, where music has to refer to healing with ORGONE sound/freqvency and the light to the light healing as seen for example in St. Joseph church in Lancaster, the ARCH and bow has to refer to VAULT/ARCHitecture and also to ARCHives (baptizmal letters, sheet music collections), revelation/Bible, POetry/psalms and verse (vers/HU=PO-em and also ív/HU=ARCH, thus: ARCH-ive= ARCH-ARCH or ív-ív). Those gods at Babel sure confused the languages, and as such also our perception.
MESOPOTAMIA..IS.GREEK
YOU.PROPAGANDA
.FAKEN.GUYS....
I'm sure nobody else is going to say this: I read your comment/self-reply all the way through. It was well thought and insightful. You've connected alot of dots, and furthered my own research and understanding.
Mostly though, I am grateful that there's at least 1 person who delivers Long comments and replies!! RAFLMFAO I'm the same way. I'm going to post a lengthy comment, that I hope you enjoy!
Hey thank you for your videos. I can only imagine the work that goes into them. And still, you have some of the best content. Proud to support you man. And thanks for what you don
Herodotus also wrote about Phoenicians taking a voyage for a Egyptian king that circumnavigated all of Africa starting down the Red Sea down to Capetown and up the Atlantic coast and back through the Mediterranean. There were also Phoenician writings in South America and Brazil dumper tons of fill on top of a suspected Phoenician ship wreck at the Bay of Jars, so named due to amphorae washing ashore
I heard that the same thing
I I heard the same thing about people from the Lavant sailing to the Americas.
That’s fine lots of highly censored news in the USA like giants, and burial mounds to name only two.
Thanks for sharing what you know happened in Brazil
The famous periplus of the African continent by the Phoenicians. And yet the Egyptians never managed this feat.
Unlike so many city-states, the Phoenicians were not taken down by the sea peoples. Maybe that's because they were already advanced navigators as were the earlier Minoans.
Very enjoyable presentation. History is just so ... well, amazing. Sets all else into perspective in life.
That was beautiful! Thank you for all your hard work!
I remember when they used to come and shaft us for the tin. Wouldn't pay a decent price, the buggers. Never forget the cheek of 'em.
Damn, you're old af.
They'd come on their fancy boats and the buggers would do donuts in the water. Ruinin' the fishin' !
Get off my lawn you lil Punic bastards...
@@_robustus_ Are you sure phoenicians had anyth to do with the out of their world Britain Island???
@@civfanatic8853
Not sure what you mean?
Histocrat, History w Cy, this channel and Fall of Civilizations are the best podcasts on TH-cam
I freakn love this documentary! I truly enjoyed learning about the Phoenecians.
This helps my depression and insomnia
You are intelligent dude
Depression AND insomnia? Read the Psalms.
Get well soon
Yeah
That's why I clicked on it
Fantastic documentary, was excited to see what the next video would be on and this certainly didn't disappoint! Can't wait to see what you have planned for 2021 and hope you take a well earned break over the christmas/new year period. Much love from New Zealand
Coming here Jan2024 -TQVM for sharing this Phoenicians history online, with all the hard work researching then production - Cheers from Borneo ✌🍃🌊🌏
This is one of the best documentaries I've ever watched and understood with great clarity. What an awesome presentation. Im going to be binging for awhile. You got a new sub. Thanks 😊
Central pa lotta hunting
Hello! I recently discovered your channel. I'm a world history buff and I love your documentaries! 😊❤
An excellent piece, great editing, text is masterful and the narration is tops!!! Thanks for your efforts and marvelous production!
Wonderful video! It was beautiful, engaging and to the point. Thank you for this research and presentation!
Bit of trivia, Sherlock Holmes is investigating the Phoenician-Cornish connection while on vacation in Cornwall in The Adventure Of The Devil's Foot. Not unlike the way most of us spend our vacations, I'd bet.
Love your videos so much! Would love to maybe see a video about the Norwegian civil war era since it isn’t a time period that has gotten much attention
I've always had the feeling that Greek and Phoenician culture influenced each other a lot, because the writing systems are similar, both tended to be maritime powers with city-states early on, and in general some of their art reminds me of Greek art as well. I wonder it might be more than Phoenician and Greek culture blended together after the Phoenicians were absorbed into Alexander the Great's empire, much like Roman and Greek culture blended together later on? We know for sure that Greek culture didn't exactly disappear when the Romans conquered Greece, so it's conceivable that our idea of what Greek culture is also includes elements of Phoenician culture. Even in those early days, those cultures around the Mediterranean interacted and shared quite a bit.
I know right? Especially the style of wall reliefs
The Greeks took the alphabet from the Phoenecians, who invented it and spread it via their trade. The Mycenaeans didn't have an alphabet--their script is now known as Linear B and it's a syllabary not an alphabet. City-states were also the norm back then--Carthage, Rome, and Babylon were all city-states that conquered and subjugated whole empires and so we stopped thinking of them as city-states. So those two similarities are pretty easily explainable.
But yeah cultures definitely mix, and there's no one definition for "Greek" culture. If you asked Plato whether Alexander (a Macedonian) was Greek (Έλληνας), he would have likely said no. But we also know that Alexander brought Greek culture when he conquered the area, because 150 years later the Maccabees struggled against Hellenized Jews during their revolt. So there were almost certainly "Hellenized Phoenicians" to the north as well.
Although, it's worth noting that Tyre (mother city of Carthage) was about half-annihilated by Alexander after he took the city, so native culture obviously took a hit as well. Kings & Generals just did an awesome video on that battle you might be interested in: th-cam.com/video/98inDANKtEs/w-d-xo.html
Ever heard of christianity?
@@senormoll Vinča alfabet is older and the oldest , pheonicans arent older then Arians( Slavs)
@@lukorradiko1183 nah you’re mistaken, the Slavs didn’t have an alphabet until they converted to Christianity, like 900AD. They’re actually among the last people on earth to get an alphabet
The Phoenicians, renowned sailors and traders of the ancient world, played a crucial role in shaping Mediterranean commerce during the world history documentary era. Originating from the coastal region of present-day Lebanon, they established city-states like Tyre and Sidon. Their expansive maritime trade networks spread goods, culture, and the first alphabet, influencing civilizations as far as Greece and Egypt. Known for their craftsmanship, particularly in purple dye and shipbuilding, the Phoenicians left an indelible mark on ancient history, connecting diverse cultures through the power of the sea.
Incredibly informative, surprisingly detailed with professional narration, thank you !
I did a presentation on the Phoenicians for my Masonic lodge a couple of years ago. Their cultural motto was 'make money, not war', which for the Bronze Age Near East was a remarkable thing.
Imagine being in a coastal village in southern Gaul. You see a squad of ships sailing in your direction, and immediately prepare the defenses. Then they get closer and you realize, 'oh thank Toutatis, it's Phoenicians.' They're not going to sack your town and kidnap your families, they're just going to sell you dyed cloth, fine glassware and other luxury goods.
Robert Walker-Smith Yes, I like the Phoenicians. They must have had wise rulers. Thanks Toutatis for that!!!
i was a flower child back in the 20th century. our motto was 'make love, not war' for all of us living in our dawning Age of Aquarius THAT was a remarkable thing ;-)
Well most ancient world not really into waging war except persian and greeko roman
Toutatis is a fake god
You Belenus worshippers are so intolerant.
bloody hell, what a video! Premier history doco maker.
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Thank you so much!! Your content is so packed with content you have my eyes glued to TH-cam for 1:03 hours at a time! And my full attention is quite a feat!
One amazing thing about the Phoenician abjad is that, with the exception of some far-eastern and african writing systems as well as the Inuit syllabary, all modern-day writing systems are either descended from it or, as in the case of the Ge'ez abugida of Ethiopia and Eritrea, somewhat related to it.
Yet the narrator failed to mention this.
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Evidence based.
They weren't talking about theories, which lack evidence to stand up to question. While it is speculated, for instance, about the inuit, we cannot actually prove that they even met, and even had they, it would have been the people who predates the inuit people(btw) not the inuit people themselves. If your going to reference theories please read up on them. Even a google search shows that info in first result. (I checked)
It is more likely the fact our brains recognize patterns created a similar one, or that the neanderthals and other such pre humans that make up our genetics, had a language and perhaps writing at some point and both could have had shared ideas of such that passed down even without contact. One theory is just as outlandish as the other. We need evidence. Not wishful thinking and theories. Evidence. Carbon dated hold it in your hands evidence.
The things I said are just as outlandish as the theory you talked about and just as unproven. Possible. Especially given we have proven they at least did have the understanding to do cave drawings etc, and there is theories about more but again... It could be a remnant. Like how hobits and dwarves and all the things imagined in popular fiction reflect quite stunningly people that not only pre dated humans as we exist, but are what eventually resulted in us via mixing with one another.
An argument for cell memory could be made.
There is more evidence we are related to trees(they actually found where we share dna with trees) than there is that the inuits and Phoenicians ever even met.
Just because someone wants it to be true doesn't make it so.
It's actually very interesting. Remember. A theory means something is unproven. It doesn't mean it true just because you like it or it's popular for being what a lot of people want to hear. Facts don't care about our feelings. They simply exist.
This said. History and anthropology gets very interesting. Actually kiddo often watches stuff that gets into evolution and science otherwise with me and I've my own theory based on what we know- like what of no idea is a new idea? What if it's all in our dna?
Even wilder yet is the fact that the Phoenician adjab itself was ultimately descended from Egyptian hieroglyphics.
Great content as always Mr. Pete! Your channel is one of my absolute favorites these days. It's always great to see new stuff from you in my feed. Take care & happy holidays man!
Is everyone stoned?
@@steveraybourn5320 Certainly not, too much to do today :)
@@steveraybourn5320 🌵yeah
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This guy is absolutely awesome.. I would be honored to meet Him and his team someday.. in a sense, all of human history is one moment in time. A single instantance. I am truly grateful for the amount of time and effort that is put into his work, not to mention the accuracy, the vague details and nuances in the production of His Documentaries.. they are not only informative and educational, they are absolutely amazing ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
I would be more impressed if they didn't use Rpbot speak. I Hate it, and will not listen to anything using it
@@hogwashmcturnip8930 well it’s a good thing he doesn’t use robot narration, and narrates himself lol you’d have to be an idiot to think he uses a “robot to narrate”
@@jimbeaux89 Ah, Bless! Someone who believes in the Tooth Fairy! You would have to be an idiot not to know there are devices especially for vloggers which 'narrate' their written text to save them doing it,. I bet you think Alexa is Real too don't you? Never mind, Santa will soon be here! You don't need to keep practicing donuts, you already passed!
@@hogwashmcturnip8930 eat your meds
@@hogwashmcturnip8930 That was rather harsh, unnecessarily so. Everyone knows the tooth fairy is not real. Santa Claus is real.
Robot 💬 speech yeah, I hear you. That 💩 drives me 🦇💩 crazy!
Brilliant. Excellent presentation. You narrated this fascinating part of history in a slow and clear manner, much appreciated. Good diction, pitch and pace. BRAVO!
What an awesome channel, thank you for your hard work and dedication to bring us this absolute treasure information.
At 53:39 you mention Alexander making sacrifice to Herakles instead of local Gods after the siege of Tyre. However, it should be mentioned that since at least 600 BCE, Herakles was very often conflated with the patron god of Tyre itself, Melqart, to the point of being interchangeable.
Apparently Alexander asked to make a sacrifice at New Tyre, but the Phoenicians refused because if they let him they would be acknowledging him as their overlord or something like that. They said he could make a sacrifice at old Tyre on the mainland. Alexander apparently flew into a rage and told them that they shouldn't feel so confident behind the high walls of new Tyre because it would soon become part of the mainland. So he started the siege of new Tyre by having his army knock down all of the structures of old Tyre and start building palisade out to new Tyre. They had some setbacks but they eventually made it out there and the city gave in. Over the centuries the sediment started building up around that palisade and eventually connected everything to the mainland. You can still see the remnants of that palisade or (bridge) that the Alexander's army built in satellite photos.
There were various sorts of changing interactions and exchanges between Phoenicians, Carthaginians, Greeks and others. The influence of Phoenician culture did not end quickly or suddenly.
The father of Pythagoras, Mnesarchus, was a merchant from the city of Tyre. Thales was of Phoenician descent and a descendant of Cadmos. The founder of Stoicism, Zeno of Kitium, was of Phoenician origin. These can be viewed as literary and cultural examples of ancient thinkers directly related to Phoenician cultural influence, but who were called Greek in the 20th century due mainly to cultural habits related to Euro-centrism.
Several ancient scholars were very likely in the cultural sphere of influence of the city of Carthage.
The city of Berytus (Beirut) had an important law school that lasted until the 6th century.
Neat! Thanks 😊
Phoenicians gave Egypt a lot of knowledge as well if you research. There language and written symbols came from Phoenicians.
The Egyptian language already existed.
Wtf are you talking Gareth you mad ? You took all the Greek philosophers and make them Phoenicians? Tell us some Phoenicians poets historians philosophers 😂😂 there is none a barbaric culture killing babies and sacrifice humans
I love the great variety of scenery, mainly mediterannean , you have used in this video including my beloved Malaga , Tarifa and Cadiz . Very enjoyable video thanks for your hard work.
Brilliant and nice mystery in how Phoenicia was absorbed by & impacted other new civilizations.
12:30 All streamed directly to your phone ECIAN!
*I'm extremely interested in ancient history. But damn I wouldn't want to live it.*
You'd rather be in a fascist world with a gestapo controlled lockdown, I get it.
@@andredeketeleastutecomplex You telling me the ancient world wasn't fascist?
@@matthewstuckenbruck5834 at least you could literally run for the hills in that era.
Make Phoenicia Great Again!
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@@andredeketeleastutecomplex mmm slavery
Loved the sponsor intro. True Monty Python, Mate. This is a tragic tale, to be sure, but these peoples, and their culture, live on to this day. In homeschooling my young daughter, I teach her of "phonetics" to learn how words are sounded out and spelled. Even some 4000 years after the fact, this culture still has a lasting impact. Thank you for this episode of history!!
The little snail, by accounts, was also harvested on Leros, an island further up the coast. Tyrian purple is not instantly recognized until oxidation takes place.
The Phoenicians had ties to both Cyprus (named after copper) and Britannia (named after tin). Thus they were in a position to be in control of the ingredients of bronze.
The Cornish pasty was invented because the tin miners' hands were covered with ore dust, which was toxic (arsenic was co-located with tin ore).. Miners could hold the pasty by its thick crust (contaminated by the dust on miners' hands) which they would discard after consuming the bulk of the item.
yep , i can confirm as im a proper janner meht. :)
That's bcuz they are all royals! These are the original tribes, or first part of the bloodlines, after the fall of the tower ...
One tin and one copper ore will make a bronze bar too.
Crazy, my family found out in recent years that my Father's ancestors were Phoenician mariners who shipwrecked along the Norway coast and banded together with other groups and migrated south, fought for William The Conquerer, and later were given land in Antrim, Ireland. Before genetics, and research, we knew so little.
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@@paulduffy4585 the Normans, didn't give, they took. The Hiberno-Normans were disposed of that land centuries later by the plantations and later Cromwell.
Boatbuilding for wee folks learning; hard
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a lot of yap and trying to sound cool when you couldve just said "my surname is of Norman origin" its very common lmao
Thank you for sharing this excellent documentary. The quality is wonderful.
May I ask a few related questions?
How much do we know about Canaanite and Phoenician agriculture?
I'm thinking about this question in the following context:
As the documentary states, the Levant had a lot of dense cedar-forests, and apart from that, there wasn't an abundance of well-irrigated, cultivatable land. Plus, the Phoenicians amassed their wealth from sea-faring and trade. Also, their cities weren't destroyed during the late bronze age collapse. Agricultural collapse almost certainly had something to do with the late bronze age collapse....
Is it possible that the Phoenicians were spared the worst of it because they had simply never had much agriculture to start with, or simply because they had never been dependent on domestic agriculture?
Is it possible that their population just didn't have a sizable peasantry?
Is there any way of trying to calculate roughly what percentage of the Phoenician population of Canaan earned their livings working on ships?
Could they have been the first civilization in history which imported a very high proportion of its food-supply?
Or, when the late bronze age collapse came, if dwindling logistical capacity and access to tin were among the triggers, were the Phoenicians able to leverage their sea-faring ability for protection from the marauders? Maybe they were spared because they had the one thing which everybody wanted
- namely, the ability to keep the trade-routes open.
The question I'm centrally thinking about is, did a less agriculture-based economy translate into more survivability during the late bronze age collapse?
As an answer to your food supply question, I imagine their deep water abilities opened new fishing that wasn't available to any other nation. This allowed them to switch to a primarily pescatarian diet to insulate them from agricultural crop shortages. They likely sailed on to the next place once their population reached a tipping point, and they start a new trade colony.
And for your second question, this is just a hypothesis, but maybe the phoenicians were a part of the bronze age raiders? It sorta makes sense, they rebelled against egypt, won and did a victory lap while everyone was down.
here's some point that can help you with your analysis:
1- cedar forest did not cover the levant, they only grow at 1,000-2,200 m above sea level, thus they were only available on mount Lebanon.
2- Lebanon has the shore hugging the mountains in many locations, especially the north, this renders any foot invasions difficult.
3- Phoenicians had temples deep in lebanon's regions, far from the sea, and many villages still have phoenician names, means this population did not only exist on the coast, but had a support structure back deep in the mountains regions.
4- Phoenicians were invaded (individual cities) many times, and the cities burned to the ground many times, by persians, assyrians etc ... but phoenicians always fled by sea and came back to rebuild the burnt cities after attackers have left. Hence the phoenix associated with rising from the ashes. Phoenicians used money whenever they can, they hired mercenaries (like the case of carthage), but also paid off many attackers even before the attackers were on the gates (call it preemptive bribe).
5- Canaanites were split to many groups, if i am not mistaken, and indeed they formed different sub-cultures, the phoenicians are the group that were the traders/sea travellers (lebanon + a bit to the south and a bit to the north), thus basically all must have been involved in ship work somehow.
6- Keep in mind that phoenicians were able to establish colonies in north africa, a region that was not able to support real cities prior to that (with the exception of nile river), that means the logistics side of things was very developed, otherwise these port-cities could suffer starvation. This said, go back to the bronze age collapse, surely a similar system existed to support the different sister cities.
7- Phoenicians were the masters of sea, who would dare attack them from the sea? they would be sunk before reaching land. Unlike other nations, the phoenicians were a hub for ship leaving and coming all the time, this would render a surprise attack from the sea almost not possible, That might be a reason to why they were spared the attack of sea people.
you are epic brother, i really appreciate history time, thank you so much for your excellent work
I am super thrilled you had chosen to make a video about this culture as it did serve as a necessary add-on to the previous video, in order to fully grasp the Late Bronze Age Collapse dynamic. The pictures and audio are top notch, as always, and I highly salute you for covering non-standard history topics within a socio-economic and martial setting. Looking forward to more awesome content like this one in 2021!
Merry Christmas!
I was gobsmacked. I watch a LOT of documentaries in English and German, some DIY others produced by professionals. Yours I assumed was in the latter category due to the top-notch presentation. That 'lunch' moment in your boxers was such a surprise and hilarious. If not for that + self-promos later on I'd have been none the wiser. You also have an excellent broadcasting voice in tandem with the quality research + graphics. The town name 'Biblos' means book in Greek which fits in with the town's history.
Of course when people talk about outsiders 'visiting' these shores there is more to it than that. Like me an average swarthy South West Walean working in Leicester and discovering every Brit local there was 2 inches taller, eventually working out they're all of Danish stock given local place names and a map of the Danelaw boundary found in a history book. So in the same way Phoenicians colonised certain coastal areas way back when and left a sizable genetic footprint which endures to the present day. Cornwall as you suggest.There is a TH-cam documentary on the Phoenician legacy in Ireland and separate to that I note quite a few indigenous dark Irish playing for their national rugby side suggesting ancient settlers from the Med. Same here in Llanelli, west Wales - where tin was mined, for which the town was renowned, to the extent that the local TV production company calls itself 'Tinopolis'.
This is very interesting. I'll be watching more about the Phoenicians.
Have visited Beirut. Thank you for showing me more artwork from this period. Pre-Alexander. It is astounding. Fine Art, over centuries, has become refined but not better. I saw figures in stone which grabbed my soul. Never forgotten. Unknown date, unknown artist.
23:00 It is suggeted that Minoans of Krete/Keftiu were producing purple dye as early as 1500 BC. So the paint known as Tyrian purple has a longer story and the seashells providing it were perhaps abudand, but not exclusive in Phoenician watters.
Yeah he keeps on making that error and more besides I could list...but he will do him. Btw...not ‘paint’ but dye(English)
@@boskysquelch111 yeah you're right, I used that word too, but thought to be smart,,, my bad! :)
The one done in Phoenici wasn't the same color that's why it's as the most expensive dye at that time
And Phoenicians were called by the Greek the purple pple
There are a number of errors in this video. The most painfully obvious is the claim that Carthage was completely destroyed and the earth salted at the end of the second Punic war. In fact, Carthage continued to exist as a colony of Rome for some time, and was the center of the agricultural industry of Rome in Northern Africa. So it was not completely destroyed, and its earth was not salted, but instead was rebuilt and continued to be used to produce wheat for another eight centuries.
In fact, it was conquered by the Vandals, under Gaiseric, in the 4th century AD, who held it for about a century before the Eastern Roman empire took it back, holding it for another century.
It was finally destroyed completely by the Umayyad empire, almost a millennium after your video says it was. It's the Umayyads who reduced its lands to such a condition (probably without salt) that the area was abandoned completely.
Earlier, it is stated in the video that the Sea Peoples colluded with, or paid off, the Sea Peoples. Probably one of those two should've been the Phoenicians.
Funny, all of the channels you mentioned in this video - History with Cy, Stefan Milo and The Histocrat - I'm already subscribed too. I can also recommend Fall of Civilizations if anyone want even more excellent history content to indulge. Thank you all for providing all these immersive and fascinating deep dives into the past in a year plagued (see what I did there?) by excessive alone time to be wasted away on TH-cam - at least I've been watching all the good history buff stuff!
Fall of Civilisations is what youtube history channels want to be like when they grow up.
Ashalogos and Robert Sepehr as well👌
Dan Carlin also
Thanks for all the recs! Have watched most, but some are new. Became a history buff when school would stress me out. The stories helped me keep perspective--now I'm just an addict!
History Of The Earth is a good’un
I'm Lebanese and this is what I needed today 😌
I guess anything to take your mind off the fact that Israel is flinging explosives at your country because they're still mad about you trying to move in on the banking industry. Meanwhile nobody does anything to stop it because Israel is above reproach.
@@alexhurt7919 it's Hezbollah, theyre responsible for all the misery in Lebanon. Israel is just gets the blame while the iranian militants destroy us from the inside.
@@theodensonofthengel5787 Hezbollah is only there because of Israel. The entire middle eastern conflict as a whole started because of Israel.
Specifically in Lebanon what happened is as follows:
1)Lebanon opens banking industry
2)Lebanese banks pay out high interest rates which attracts people to bank with them
3)Israel gets jelly
4) Israel pushes the conflict towards Lebanon to scare away clients that will be concerned about the safety of their money.
More people should be mad about it. I'm sitting here in my country while they've been wasting my tax dollars for 70 years on Israel's war. Meanwhile every politician is rambling "Israel our greatest ally" when they do nothing for us whatsoever. As if that wasn't enough they're repeatedly caught performing espionage against us at a level that would be considered an act of war if any other ally did it.
Then they have their propaganda machines running 24/7 making themselves out to be the heroes of the world. You should hear how they talk about the people in the surrounding countries.
@@alexhurt7919 good to see someone knowledgeable about Israels fuckery in the region and in America. Keep doing what youre doing bro
@@linkup4793 once you become wise to the propaganda the truth can no longer be hidden. I'm just trying to wake everyone up. It's like everyone learns about propaganda, but then never consider that it's being used on them.
I'm always looking for good history doc channels and yours is certainly one, thus I have subscribed. Being one-quarter British I enjoy the many accents from your islands and would rather see a world history documentary presented by a Britisher than one from a fellow American. Keep up the excellent work and thanks for the many links you've generously provided to other related sources.
48:14 Dido was a phoenician princess that lost the power cause of a coup and had to flee and founded Carthago, according to mythology. She has nothing to do with Troy, you got it wrong, mythology claims the same as you claimed or historians claim... Aineas, a survivor of Troy with other surviving fellow-Trojans stranded there and begged Dido for shelter and supplies, in order to carry on their search for a new home, thus later founding Rome, but that´s a theatric plot invented by Virgil in Rome thousand years after the trojan war. Virgil had to "invent" some noble descent for Romans that wasn´t a greek descent, since Greeks were the big contendors of Rome, and since in the "Trojan war" (Homer) the Trojans seemed to be more peaceloving and civilised than the Greeks, Virgil thought that that would be a great idea... So, the connection of Troy to Carthago was simply invented by Virgil, while Carthago was a phoenician city already in the times of mythology, and its mythological foundation might be correct, that is, that a princess fled Phoenicia in fear for her life, and founded Carthago.
Should of kept Remus and Romulus as founders and said the female Wolf was a God.
Lol instead they made a poem claiming Romans descended from black Africans along the coast of Canaan. Nice job virgil dummy.
@Roberto Biagio Randazzo Well, at least you can say that some pheonician aristocrat, male or female, used to lead colonization expeditions, and that this aristocrat was going because circumstances forced him/her, and his/her stay in the mother-city was not wished anymore, or that he/she has inherited too little to be able to stay in the mother-city, possibly even betrayed upon his/her inheritance... At least that were reasons that greek colonization-expeditions were lead by an aristocrat... Maybe not a betrayed phoenician princess, but instead the 7th son of a phoenician aristocrat, who inherited nothing, cause the first 6 sons have inherited everything and he felt, additionally, betrayed about his inheritance. All circumstances that could give ground to the myth about Dido (a betrayed princess, unwished in her mother-city)....
@Roberto Biagio Randazzo There are historical ancient records of a person named Dido/ Elyssa.. Virgils Aenead may not be accurate but the person was actually most likely a historical figure, whether or not she truly was the founder of Carthage
What saddens me is that most of my fellow Lebanese either don't know, or don't care to know about their own history... Thank you HT, for this documentary and for shedding some light on a civilization which, I believe hasn't been given the attention it deserves from a historical POV.
It is understandable Just Music. As you know, The Lebanon is one of the oldest identities in the world and a lot of history took place there. There is a lot to absorb, so more recent history is more top of mind. But more could be done to elevate this both illustrious and tragic past.
@Just Music - A widespread phenomenon, but Islam doesn't help.
@@jaylarsen3647 Agreed, Religious identity takes precedence in the case of Islam, that's one of the problems and that's why it's almost a taboo to say you're not an Arab in Lebanon, neither ethnically, historically, nor culturally.
BECAUSE THEY ARENT OF PHOENICIAN BLOOD DUH, they are severely mixed to care. I am blood royalty and it angers that my ancestors don’t get the recognition they deserve .
Just Music ...Modern day Lebanese have nothing to do with the Phoenicians.Phoenicians were Egyptians.The Phoenicians alphabet was derived from Egypt.The Bible says Phoenicians /Canaanites were of the dark race.,and their images are carved on ancient walls.
You're a gentleman and a scholar, Pete Kelly. Thank you for the content. I shall dance at your wedding!
Been waiting for this from you. Phoenicians are one of the greatest of all time. Thank you.
@@lukemonk1855 Atlantis in the North Sea....
@@lukemonk1855 Hello Luke,
i see You are passionate, so i tell You what my opinions are...
I don´t think our history is completely destroyed by nature, ideologies, religion, nationalism, are more the reasons why we don´t know our past...
China don´t want that the World know who was the peoples who bring the first civilization in china, the same with Egypt, the same with India.....
But most of all there is a "tribe" who do everything possible to destroy Europeans and their history, things like "cultural Marxism" are tools from this tribe for this purpose....
I believe that "Holly-Land" (Heiligland), today "Helgoland" is a tiny rest of what was "Adlanda" (called "Atlantis" by Greeks) and that many civilizations around the World, was colonies from this Peoples.
There are European Mummies everywhere around the World and mythology around the world talking about blond and red haired "gods" bringing knowledge and prosperity...
ps. sorry for my bad English ;)
@@lukemonk1855 I don´t know Asha logos but thank You for the link, i will take a look when i have the time, bye
Another very entertaining video. Thank you.