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Today I describe one of the greatest explorers of people ever existed, and its exponents

navigotori The Phoenicians and Carthaginians (who Phoenicians were ever) touched the corners of the world for nearly 2000 years were completely ignored. Came out to discover the Portuguese 'Africa and the ways of the' Asia because, first Roman and then Byzantine, forgot (or ignored?) Completely territories explored by the intrepid Phoenicians.
In fact, even though it uses the term "Phoenician" is not possible to identify a civilization itself is distinguished by a unitary character. In fact, both environmental and political causes, the cities of Phoenicia (today 's about Lebanon) have never been able (nor want) to come together to form one entity. Thus lack of a unified consciousness, and only foreigners using a common name for all cities in Syro-Palestinian coast. This nation was formed by skilled navigators, who were able to dictate the law of the sea for most of the first millennium BC, thanks to their impressive fleet of warships and commercial. The causes that made these getni coastal east of the ablest of their time (and beyond), the sea, are to be found both nell'esiguità of their territory (as in some future case of Portugal) and in continuous raids in devastation and heavy taxation of taxes that were imposed by the rulers of the Mesopotamian city-state. Their home was also free of mineral resources that they sought and found in more distant lands. I Phoenicians were also great traders and their ability to associate this with the ever-constant search for new ways of outlet for their trade (from this point of view more like the Venetians). However I will not elaborate further in the 'historical-political aspect of this people, but will pass to the main theme of the blog: exploration.
Their first and biggest undertaking was in 600 BC. Under the reign of Wahemibra Nekau, sixth ruler of the Egyptian Dynasty XXVI. Neco, who planned to unite the Nile with the Red Sea, thus creating a passage between two seas, availed himself of Phoenician seamen to make the circumnavigation of Africa. Herodotus tells that the expedition, which started from the Red Sea, sailed in the Southern Ocean, ie the Indian Ocean, stopping every time he came to earth to plant and wait for the autumn harvest, after which they resumed their journey. They spent two years as well, and surfers in the third, through the columns of Hercules, they returned back to Egypt in the Mediterranean and telling incredible things like that at a certain point of sailing, the sun rose on their right. News that this seems to confirm the reality of the trip because the ship rounded the Cape of Good Hope and up north, they had to actually have their right to the east, which until then had left. This for time, and the means of 'era, virtually unthinkable. A bit like saying that at the beginning of the century 'man, rather than begin the first flights on biplanes, had arrived on Mars.
In 480 BC Hanno, sailed along the coast of northwestern Africa, reaching perhaps head Palmas (Bay of Guinea). Imilcone , in 450 BC, was not less, in fact. Explored In fact, the southwest coast of Europe starting from Cadiz, Spain, and going north, until they touch the coasts of Britain and Ireland.