From the Island Owner to the King

One of the golden sailboats, especially delicate and exquisite, is simply a perfect work of art.

The golden sailboat is about 30 centimeters long and consists of the hull, sail, deck, and superstructure on the deck. It is very delicate and realistic, especially the sail, which is made of gold that is thin as paper, very delicate, as if the sailboat is in the river. When driving on the wind, when the wind blows the sail, the curvature and folds of the sail are reflected.

The craftsmen also used hair-thin gold wire to weld the main piece to form the building on the deck. Various details of the building, doors, windows, eaves and other tiny parts are displayed very delicately.

It can be said that the people living in this space showed Chen Rui their superb skills in metal smelting, casting, wire drawing and other manufacturing techniques through this golden sailboat.

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Next, I counted some pottery. The reason why the pottery was listed in a separate category to count is because the number of pottery is very large.

This can show that pottery occupies a very important part in their lives.

These pottery have different shapes, most of which are household utensils, such as bowls for eating, pots for water, pots for storage, and very few ornaments.

Among these pottery, except for a small part of very rough production, this part may be worshipped by some poor farmers. After all, a few pieces of pottery are a large part of their family's property. Most of them are very fine, and the production is very delicate. Various geometric patterns, animal patterns and character patterns are engraved on the utensils, which are very aesthetic and artistic.

Among them, Chen Rui can often see the patterns of various ships in these ornaments.

This can show that boats play a very important role in their lives, as well as in their culture.

It is also conceivable. People here often pass the upper and lower reaches of the Holy River by boats, the communication is very frequent, and the commerce should also be developed. Commercially developed, so must handicrafts are also very developed.

Porcelain has not yet appeared.

Finally some clutter, everything. Including, books, wood carvings, stone carvings, fruits, beautiful feathers. Nice looking stones, currency, some plant seeds, etc, everything.

Chen Rui sorted out these clutter and put them aside. Pick up a book.

Books are the best way to learn about a strange civilization.

Books should be very precious things here.

After all, in this age of ignorant and backward slavery city-states and frequent wars, having knowledge is power, being able to stand above others, and being respected and respected.

I can tell. The previous owner cherished the book very much and it was very ornately decorated.

The cover was made of some kind of precious wood, and Chen Rui could smell the faint fragrance emanating from the cover. It smells so good, it refreshes the mind.

The cover is bordered with gold wire, and some emeralds, rubies and sapphires are set around the edges of the cover.

The book is very thick, Chen Rui compared it with his fingers, it is about 5 centimeters thick.

Chen Rui gently opened the page.

The pages are kneaded with the fur of some small animal. Trimmed and cut.

Chen Rui touched the page with his hand, and the page was very thin. After kneading, it has a certain hardness after drying. Smooth, very good ink absorption, the words are written on it, the handwriting is very clear, and there is no loose ink at all.

It is conceivable that in this era when all kinds of paper have not yet appeared, the value of this kind of book page must be very high. Maybe the value of a piece of paper is equivalent to the cost of an ordinary family for a month.

These books may be the city lord of a certain city-state, or the great nobles, and the great merchants offered them to Chen Rui as the best gifts.

Chen Rui carefully read the contents of the page.

The words in the book made Chen Rui feel familiar.

For example, two horizontal and two vertical characters are like a ladder.

A slanted cross, with very short strokes above and very long letters below.

A text that is tick-like like a fish tick.

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Is it very familiar.

Chen Rui almost immediately associated the text in this book with the 26 modern English letters, which are too similar.

Two horizontal and two vertical, the text like a ladder, like the uppercase letter 'h' in English.

A slanted cross, with a very short stroke on the top and a very long text on the bottom, doesn't look like the capital letter 't' in English.

There is also a tick-shaped text like a fish hook, which is the lowercase letter 'l.'

Chen Rui took the laptop and turned it on.

Although the computer can't connect to the Internet here, Chen Rui has stuffed more than TB of data on the computer's hard drive.

In order to, for example, in the seabed, in the mountains, in the remote valleys, when the laptop can not connect to the Internet, it can still query the required information.

Soon, Chen Rui found useful information on the laptop.

On the origin of the modern 26 English letters.

The modern 26 English alphabet originally originated from the Phoenician alphabet, a script created by the Phoenicians.

Many people may be very unfamiliar with the Phoenicians.

Including Chen Rui was also very unfamiliar with the Phoenicians before.

After reading some information about the Phoenicians, Chen Rui had to admire this ancient nation, it was too awesome and forced.

The Phoenicians lived on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea.

At the beginning of the 20th century BC, that is, more than 4,000 years ago, in the east coast of the ancient Mediterranean world, located in the narrow strip in the middle of the Levante coast, starting from Aladus in the north and reaching Dole in the south, some small slave city-states were born. They are the Phoenicians.

At the beginning of the 12th century BC, Phoenicia reached its heyday.

The most famous deeds of the Phoenicians are the developed maritime trade and colonization.

The Phoenicians were the most famous navigators and merchants in the ancient world. They drove long and narrow ships to every corner of the Mediterranean Sea. Phoenician merchants could be seen in every port along the Mediterranean coast.

They sell specialties from all over the world: grain, wine, textiles, carpets and precious stones from the Far East and India, lead, gold and iron from the Black Sea coast, copper, cypress and corn from Cyprus, and various Greek Crafts, even ivory and slaves brought back from the African interior, tin from Britain and more.

Since the sixth dynasty of Egypt, the merchant ships of the Phoenicians have spread all over the Mediterranean Sea, and they were constrained by them when Egypt was at its peak. By the time of Egypt's power waning around 1200 BC, Phoenicia became the hegemon of the Mediterranean.

The Phoenicians also did a very good job of colonization. The colonial territories included the western coast of North Africa, southern Spain, most of Sicily, as well as Corsica, Sardinia and the Balearic Islands, as well as many commercial stations. For example, today Marseille, France, Tunisia. -(To be continued)