Lords of the Sea

How the Phoenicians Invented Trade, the Alphabet, and the First Global Economy

von Ralph Younan

188 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

A thin coast. An enclosed sea. The operating system of the Mediterranean.Long before Rome ruled the water, Phoenician captains from the Lebanese shore turned scarcity into reach. From Byblos (Jbeil), Sidon (Saida), and Tyre (Sour) they built trade networks, dyed prestige into purple, and shipped a twenty-two-letter alphabet that still sits under every Western sentence you read.Lords of the Sea is popular history engineered to travel: readable in a weekend, skimmable in sixty minutes, honest about who held the pen. No academic monograph. No purity myth. No hustle-brochure claims.Inside you will find: - A Reader's Roadmap of eight questions that shape the voyage- A guided 60-minute path for busy readers- City-god portraits-Melqart, Eshmun, Baalat Gebalnot a glossary dump- Conquest as drama (Ch. 11) and as timeline (Ch. 12)- Winners Write History-Egyptian records and scripture, examined with respect- Book club discussion guide + 10 Phoenician Hacks for modern builders- Book One of The Phoenician CoastIf you are Lebanese or Levantine diaspora, a Mediterranean history lover, or faith-curious enough to hold archaeology and sacred text in the same hand-welcome aboard.Who this is not for: footnote maximalists seeking a dissertation; readers hunting racial purity myths or secret empire" conspiracies.

• Reihe: Independently published
• ISBN: 9798173911759
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 13.09.2026
• Größe: 229 x 152 mm
• Verlag: Independently published