Explore the Age of Empires IV Phoenician Legacy, their role as traders and mariners, and their crucial contribution of the alphabet.
The Phoenician tradition as traders carried on in Lebanon down through the years to modern times, regardless of who was in political control. Phoenicians are also recalled as great mariners. They are believed to have been the first civilized culture to reach Britain and the Azores. There is evidence that Phoenicians circumnavigated Africa on commission by the Egyptians around 600 B.C. There is some questionable evidence that they reached the New World.
Their most important contribution was their revised alphabet, which they spread around the known world. When further refined and spread by the Greeks and Romans, it became the alphabet used today by most western cultures.
- Remember the Phoenicians' extensive trade networks when planning your Age of Empires IV economy.
- Utilize their seafaring prowess to control naval routes and establish early dominance.
- Consider the long-term impact of their alphabet on communication and knowledge dissemination within the game's historical context.
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