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The Phoenicians Knew Something They Shouldn't Have [18:07]
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| August 20, 2026
| Michael Button | Patterns of History
Posted on 08/21/2026 9:11:45 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
The Phoenicians had almost no land, no vast armies and no great empire. Yet they shaped the ancient world in ways that still affect us today.
So what did they understand that everyone else missed? The Phoenicians Knew Something They Shouldn't Have | 18:07
Michael Button | Patterns of History / Michael Button | 36,207 views | August 20, 2026
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TOPICS: History; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: ancientnavigation; carthage; carthaginians; godsgravesglyphs; michaelbutton; phoenicians
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To: mason-dixon
Interesting. Never heard of the Hanseatic league. Thanks.
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08/22/2026 4:37:57 PM PDT
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poconopundit
(Tommy Robinson, love you man. Keep up the good fight. Make the UK Great Again.)
To: SunkenCiv
Copied and sent to neighbor who is teaching a couple of sections of Western-Civ at MMCC soon. Thank you for all your posts, past and present.
To: David Isaac
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08/23/2026 1:31:44 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(TDS -- it's not just for DNC shills anymore -- oh, wait, yeah it is.)
To: Texas Fossil
| Faith and knowledge have an important factor. * * * Yes, thoroughly agree. Another factor is the guts to try a new business venture, and fail so spectacularly that the green kid straight out of college gains some street smarts and how to be more careful the next time. That's what America is about, too. |
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08/24/2026 4:38:55 AM PDT
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poconopundit
(Tommy Robinson, love you man. Keep up the good fight. Make the UK Great Again.)
To: SunkenCiv
So what did they understand that everyone else missed?
Capitalism...........Free trade..........Get outta Dodge fast!........
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08/24/2026 5:40:35 AM PDT
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Red Badger
(Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
To: Red Badger
How about Marine Insurance?
Thousands of years ago?
They had it
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08/24/2026 5:42:38 AM PDT
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bert
( (KE. NP. +12) Quid Quid Nominatur Fabricatur)
To: poconopundit
See Ma! No Hans!..................
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08/24/2026 5:57:02 AM PDT
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Red Badger
(Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
To: bert
And they were sold by little green lizards, emus and fair to middlin lookin women named Flo.......................
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08/24/2026 5:58:31 AM PDT
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Red Badger
(Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
To: poconopundit
Yes. Correct.
Lets keep it that way.
Texas has a good attitude for that.
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08/24/2026 5:33:04 PM PDT
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Texas Fossil
(Texas is not about where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind and Attitude.)
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