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Phoenicia
Phoenicia
Phoenicia (/fəˈnɪʃə, fəˈniːʃə/),[4] or Phœnicia, was an ancient Semitic thalassocratic civilization originating in the coastal strip of the Levant region of the eastern Mediterranean, primarily located in modern Lebanon.[5][6] The territory of the Phoenicians expanded and contracted throughout history, with the core of their culture stretching from Arwad in modern Syria to Mount Carmel in modern Israel covering the entire coast of modern Lebanon.[7] Beyond their homeland, the Phoenicians extended through trade and colonization throughout the Mediterranean, from Cyprus to the Iberian Peninsula.
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Notable People of Phoenician Descent. Note: Phoenician & Canaanites were probably intermixed
Pythagoras was born on the island of Samos in 568 BC. His father, Mnesarchus, was a Phoenician merchant from Tyre, while his mother, Pythais, was from Samos. He is best known for the Pythagorean theorem, which states that the square of the hypotenuse of a right triangle is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides. Pythagoras is widely regarded as one of the most important figures in
Scientist and Physicist, as qualified by the ancient Greeks, and founder of a school in Sidon that persisted till the 6th century, Mochus was the true creator of the theory of the atom.
Strabo, a Greek biographer (63BC-24AD), recorded in Geography: 16, 2, 24, “The theory of Democritus on the atom is of Phoenician origin. It is due to Mochus of Sidon.”
According to The Oxford Companion of Philosophy,
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