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This is a list of Star Wars equivalents to real-world objects. Real-world objects are listed on the left, and their in-universe equivalents are on the right.
- Rotorcraft
Rotorcraft were personal transport vehicles produced on...
- Conservator
A conservator preserved food. They could be found in...
- Rotorcraft
During the Seleucid Dynastic Wars (157–63 BC), the Phoenician cities were mainly self-governed. Many of them were fought for or over by the warring factions of the Seleucid royal family. Some Phoenician regions were under Jewish influence, after the Jews revolted and succeeded in defeating the Seleucids in 164 BC.
Sep 28, 2024 · The Phoenicians’ commercial empire was brought to an end by the Romans who came into conflict with the Phoenicians—whom they described as “Punics”—in a series of wars that became known as the Punic Wars.
- Leaving The Homeland
- Phoenician Ships
- Navigation
- Sea Routes
- Famous Voyages
The Phoenicians became sailors in the first place because of the topography of their homeland, the narrow mountainous strip of land on the coast of the Levant. Travelling between settlements, usually located on rocky peninsulas, was much easier by sea, especially when carrying such cumbersome cargo as cedar wood logs for which the Phoenicians were ...
The Phoenicians were famed in antiquity for their ship-building skills, and they were credited with inventing the keel, the battering ram on the bow, and caulking between planks. From Assyrian relief carvings at Nineveh and Khorsabad, and descriptions in texts such as the book of Ezekial in the Bible we know that the Phoenicians had three types of ...
The Phoenicians did not have the compass or any other navigational instrument, and so they relied on natural features on coastlines, the stars, and dead-reckoning to guide their way and reach their destination. The most important star to them was the Pole Star of the Ursa Minor constellation and, by way of a compliment to their sea-faring skills, t...
Both Herodotus and Thucydides agree that the average speed of an ancient vessel was around 6 miles per hour, and therefore, taking into account stops for bad weather, rest etc., it would have taken, for example, 15 days to sail (and sometimes row) from Greece to Sicily. Colaios sailed from Samosto Gadir (in southern Spain), a distance of 2,000 mile...
According to Herodotus, the Phoenicians managed to circumnavigate Africa in a voyage in c. 600 BCE sponsored by the Egyptian pharaoh Necho. Starting from the Red Sea, they sailed westwards in a journey that took three years. The sailors of Phoenicia's most successful colony Carthage were said to have sailed to ancient Britain in an expedition led b...
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Why is the Phoenician alphabet, modified by Greeks and Romans, prevalent in Western cultures today? What unique achievement did the Romans accomplish according to Polybius, and how did they ...
Apr 30, 2024 · It was located in modern-day Lebanon and locals called their land Canaan and themselves Canaanites. Herodotus described the Phoenicians as avid sailors, skilled merchants, technological innovators, and naval warriors.
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Aug 4, 2023 · However, the weakening of the Seleucids allowed the Romans to challenge for supremacy in the region, resulting the three Punic Wars (266 – 146 BC) that culminated in the destruction of Carthage, arguably the greatest Phoenician city.
