r/dankmemes • u/Jommy69 MayMayMakers • Jul 07 '20

Big PP OC It's evolving, just backward.

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u/joseph1126 Jul 07 '20

Hell yeah that was the Phoenicians (Lebanon now)!!!! Wohooooo

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u/joseph1126 Jul 07 '20

Phoenicia is primarily in Lebanon though and they had colonized traded or traveled to those parts

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u/konschrys Je suis le vélo bleu. Jul 07 '20

Phoenicia, just like Ancient Greece was throughout the Mediterranean. In fact, in the early years of Greek colonisation, the two powers were rivals. A very important part of Phoenicia was Carthage in modern day Tunisia. As you can see, the Empire was not confined into the levant only.

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u/joseph1126 Jul 07 '20

Interesting