We know that they were present more than 3000 years ago.
Phoenicia .
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Phoenicians
How do you think the ancient world would have been different if the Phoenicians had not been such good sailors and traders? What if they had not started colonies around the Mediterranean? How do you think other civilizations have developed differently without their influence?
Phoenician
The Polynesians and Phoenicians .
This year it's on their GPS. Before it was on their Loran. Thought I'd go for all that sextant and stars crap didn't you.
The ancient Olympics are said to begin around the year 776BC.
Ancient China was around as early as the Shang Dynasty, which is generally 1700-1046 BC.
No engines, bad weather, pirates.
Scurvy? No, more like hunger, and vitamin D deficiency (from lack of exposure to the sun?). Ancient sailors struggled to get sufficient vitamin C, which is what led to scurvy.
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