Starting with your linked article about the Colossus of Rhodes, I began looking up the location of Rhodes on the Aegean Sea and from there began reading about the Phoenicians and their sea and land trade routes to the products they manufactured and their lack of a monetary system for international trade and their use of barter.
That’ was a pleasant 45 minutes! Now I want to spend an entire summer in Greece and Turkey exploring ancient sites and museums. Unfortunately, next summer is fully booked with a trip with my sister and BIL through Glacier, the Bitterroot River Valley, Banff and Lake Louise, then a fall trip to Ireland and Scotland.
My wife has little interest in ancient history or anthropology (actually, let me rephrase — she has ZERO interest), so I may need to go spend a summer in the Aegean and Mediterranean by myself.
