Send us a text Forget the tidy tale of Athens inventing everything. We follow the harder, richer path: who counted as a citizen, who powered the mines and fleets, and how alphabets, temples, and trade shaped a world that learned to finance risk before it learned to praise democracy. We trace the consonants of Phoenicia becoming Greek vowels, the spread of colonies from Sicily to Anatolia, and the Etruscan bridge that carried scripts to Rome. Along the way, temples act like strongrooms and len...
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Send us a text Forget the tidy tale of Athens inventing everything. We follow the harder, richer path: who counted as a citizen, who powered the mines and fleets, and how alphabets, temples, and trade shaped a world that learned to finance risk before it learned to praise democracy. We trace the consonants of Phoenicia becoming Greek vowels, the spread of colonies from Sicily to Anatolia, and the Etruscan bridge that carried scripts to Rome. Along the way, temples act like strongrooms and len...
Episode 34. The Carthaginian Legacy: Trading Empire of the Ancient Mediterranean
History of Money, Banking, and Trade
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Episode 34. The Carthaginian Legacy: Trading Empire of the Ancient Mediterranean
Send us a text Before Rome dominated the Mediterranean, Carthage reigned as its wealthiest maritime power. Born as a distant colony of Phoenician traders seeking escape from Assyrian control, this "New City" on North Africa's coast would evolve into something far greater than its founders imagined. The fascinating origin story begins with Queen Dido, who fled Tyre after her brother murdered her husband. Landing in Tunisia around the 9th century BCE, she negotiated with local Libyans for "as ...
History of Money, Banking, and Trade
Send us a text Forget the tidy tale of Athens inventing everything. We follow the harder, richer path: who counted as a citizen, who powered the mines and fleets, and how alphabets, temples, and trade shaped a world that learned to finance risk before it learned to praise democracy. We trace the consonants of Phoenicia becoming Greek vowels, the spread of colonies from Sicily to Anatolia, and the Etruscan bridge that carried scripts to Rome. Along the way, temples act like strongrooms and len...
