The word Phoenix, like Phoenicia, is derived from the ancient Greek word for purple. Purple cloth was perhaps the most renowned Phoenician commodity, exported for sale all around the civilized world. The purple cloth of Tyre, the leading city-state of Phoenicia, was especially prized by the Romans who associated it with nobility and royalty, and it became the imperial colour, draped around Roman emperors. Every Phoenician loved the tales of their nation’s astonishing bird, bearing their trademark purple colour on its crest, beak and claws, that could regenerate itself, start afresh with renewed life and vigour. Phoenicia, part of the ancient land of Canaan, was a prosperous trading empire in the ancient world, famed for the skill and daring of its sailors. Its chief cities were Tyre and Sidon. In the first millennium BCE, it set up colonies in Cyprus, Rhodes, Crete, Malta, Sicily, Sardinia, France (Marseilles), Spain (Cadiz), and, most famously of all, Carthage in North Africa (in modern-day Tunisia). For a time, Carthage was the equal of Rome and, under its brilliant general Hannibal who inflicted several devastating defeats on the Romans, it came close to achieving mastery of the Mediterranean and assuming the mantle of the dominant power of the time. In the modern day, Phoenicia is the nation of Lebanon. Tragically, we typically hear about this beautiful and historic land only when one of the regular conflicts with Israel erupts. It is said that Lebanon has seven times passed through the cycle of destruction and rebirth, just like the ancient Phoenix that symbolizes this brave nation that refuses to lie down. Most people know next to nothing about this country which has played such an important role in world affairs, and which is inextricably linked with the history of the Illuminati. Faust, MichaeThe Quintessence: The Magical Fifth Element Ice of Phoenix - Music from the audiomachine https://youtube/watch?v=3P1_JmZiZy4#t=130
Posted on: Tue, 04 Mar 2014 19:52:41 +0000
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