This is the History of the World Podcast with me Chris Hasler

And you're listening to volume three, the classical world

episode nine

Greek colonization. Oh, The Greeks were well known for their Mediterranean trade links, but this

podcast has already discovered that Mediterranean trade was mastered by

others during this period.

In episode 9 of volume 2 we spoke of the Phoenicians

based in the Levant and flourishing in the wake of the late Bronze Age

collapse.

In fact the story of the Phoenicians is impossible to ignore when discussing a subject such as Mediterranean colonization.

The Phoenicians had mastered the ability to exploit trade opportunities and they had

mastered navigation of the seas.

So by the time that the Greek Pols had begun their re-emergence from the drama of the late Bronze Age collapse,

the Phoenicians were already very active in the Mediterranean, and this would have undoubtedly have

involved Greek lands and is likely to have contributed towards the prosperity

of Greek lands and is evident by the migration of the alphabetic

script which at the time was quite an isolated example of this kind of

script.

Almeina. If we go back to episode 3 of volume 2, then we spoke about the Mesopotamian City of

Ooh during the 3rd millennium B.C. and we were introduced to the early 20th century British archaeologist Sir Leonard

Woolley.

Woolley is a major player when it comes to those individuals who have discovered so much that has led to our knowledge

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