From the Island Owner to the King

What makes the Phoenicians most famous is not their developed maritime trade and colonization, but the first batch of alphabetic characters in human history they created, with a total of 22 letters, known as the beginning of the world alphabetic script.

The Phoenician alphabet was derived from the ancient Greek alphabet in the West, and the ancient Greek alphabet developed into the Latin alphabet and the Slavic alphabet, and the Latin alphabet finally developed into the modern 26 English alphabets.

The Phoenician alphabet has 22 letters and no vowels. When it developed to the Latin alphabet, there were 23 letters. Finally, in order to distinguish the vowel "v" from the consonant "v", the lower part of the original v" was changed. It is determined as a vowel "u" ​​by forming a circle; two "v" are connected together to form a "w" for consonant, and later people changed "i" slightly and created another consonant letter "" j".

The 23 letters of the Latin alphabet plus the three letters of 'u', 'w', and 'j' that were later derived are the current 26 English letters.

Chen Rui checked the Phoenician alphabet on the computer again, and compared the text on the book with the stone tablets and slates of the Phoenician alphabet that had been discovered and deciphered. For example, the 11th century BC engraved on the tombstone of King Ashram The text, the memorial tablet of Mesha, the king of Maabi, the clay tablet of the Uga alphabet, the Moabite tablet, the Arami tablet, etc. are compared one by one.

after comparison.

The truth is out.

The text in the books is the Phoenician alphabet.

Then, the people living in the space of the earth's mantle are the descendants of the Phoenicians more than 3,000 years ago.

Translate the first page of the book according to the Phoenician alphabet that has been read on the computer.

Chen Rui can be more certain that the ancestors of the people here came from the surface, the Phoenicians.

In the book, they used a calendar similar to the modern calendar.

Everyone knows the modern calendar.

A year is equal to 365 days. A year is established every four years to make up for the time difference between the number of days in the year and the actual revolution cycle of the earth caused by the artificial calendar.

12 months a year.

A month and February are 28 or 29 days, other months are 31 days in a big month, and 30 days in a small month.

24 hours a day.

However, the calendar recorded in this book is 365 days a year.

Divided into 3 quarters of 12 months, 3 weeks per month, 10 days per week, plus an extra 5 days at the end of the year as festival time, very precise.

We need to know that 365 days in a year are calculated according to the cycle of the earth around the sun. The 30 days in a month are calculated based on the periodic changes of the moon, and the 24 hours in a day are calculated based on the time it takes for the Earth to rotate once.

Well, people who live here have never seen the moon, the sun, and the seasons. How do they know and determine their calendar.

Therefore, Chen Rui is very sure that their ancestors came from the surface.

This calendar is very similar to the ancient Egyptian calendar, except that ancient Egypt called the three seasons (flood), (growth) and (harvest) according to the changes in the water level of the Nile River, the others followed the ancient Egyptian calendar.

Chen Rui was certain that the people in this space came from the surface and were descendants of the Phoenicians.

When we got here, it was the 12th century BC. After the Phoenicians created the Phoenician alphabet, at least 3000 years ago.

That is, the descendants of the Phoenicians have lived in this mantle space for more than 3,000 years.

Compared with modern civilization, the development process of Phoenician civilization, which originated from the surface of the earth for more than 3,000 years, has been stagnant. Still in slavery city-states.

Also, the biggest driving force for the development of various civilizations on earth is the integration and exchange of various cultures.

In this space of the earth's mantle, the Phoenician civilization is just one civilization, with whom to integrate and communicate.

Moreover, a unified country was not formed, and wars were frequent. All energies are busy fighting wars, not to mention the progress of civilization.

Just like modern Africa.

Humans originated in Africa. China America. The explorers of Russia and other big countries are about to fly out of the solar system, and Africa is still like this bird. Is there any difference from the primitive society! ?

As for why the Phoenicians more than 3,000 years ago were able to reach the mantle space that is hundreds of thousands of meters from the surface and hundreds of thousands of meters.

Maybe the answer will be found later.

Chen Rui now spends all his energy on the translation of the book he is currently working on.

Took a week.

Looked up a lot of stuff on my laptop.

The main reference and comparison are the records of the farmers of Kezer, the Moabite stele, the Aramaic inscription, the shards of writing unearthed in Samaria, the alphabetic tablets of the city of Ugarit, and, later, ancient Hebrew, ancient Greek letters, etc.

Finally deciphered a small part of it.

The reason is that only a small part of the content can be deciphered.

There are really too few Phoenician texts for reference and comparison.

By deciphering part of the content.

Chen Rui also had a preliminary understanding of the land under his feet.

This piece of soil covers an area of ​​about 200,000 square kilometers, which is a little bigger than Canton and Dong Province, and is called Tyre.

Tyre is the largest city-state established by the ancient Phoenicians. According to research, Tyre is Sur in today's Lebanon.

The river next to it is called the 'Endro' River, and 'Endro' means 'Holy' in the Phoenician language.

The 'Enzhuo' River is meandering for more than 300 kilometers, with a drainage area of ​​tens of thousands of square kilometers. The Enzhuo River has many tributaries, the largest of which are the Mahle River, the Sobakt River, the Awa River, and the Atba River. river.

Together with its tributaries, the Ndro River nurtured the Phoenicians who lived in this land.

In the land of Tyre, there were many slave city-states, and most of these city-states were built along the Endra River.

Due to the convenient waterway traffic conditions and the ancient Phoenician tradition of developing commerce, the commerce here is very developed, and the development of commerce also drives the development of various handicrafts in the city.

Chen Rui stayed by the river.

Tyre has more than 200,000 square kilometers. There is a waterway transportation network like a spider web, and there are convenient transportation and various ships. The exchanges between the various city-states are frequent, and it takes less than a week. (The Phoenician calendar, A week is 10 days.) The gods came from the whirlpool passage, and now they stopped by the river at the source of the holy river. Everyone in Tyre knew the news.

Immediately, more people are making pilgrimages along the river to the source by boat, or by land on foot, by horse-drawn carriage, and by bicycle with various offerings.

They call themselves God's servants, or God's followers.

Spontaneously, with devout hearts and no regrets, they collected rocks and logs, and built a tall and gorgeous temple by the river.

Let God live. (To be continued)