Ancient Phoenician trade routes: Africa, America, and Venus (Satire) « The Return Of The Muse

Ancient Phoenician trade routes: Africa, America, and Venus (Satire) « The Return Of The Muse: "e ancient Phoenicians from Tyre and Sidon (modern day lebanon) not only invented the world’s first alphabet, but they traveled all of the Mediterranean establishing themselves of an essential part of the world economy at the time. They had centers at both ends of the sea including spain, italy, Greece, and North Africa. In fact, one of their colonies near Carthage, almost defeated the Roman empire. Their merchants probably circumnavigated Africa, and there are some who believe they discovered the Americas. Now we have reason to believe that they also went to space by sailing the ether streams."