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Yes this was Lebanon.

My dream is that one day, once the situation improves and stabilises, we will have a #bitcoin #nostr conference with:
- a shooting range
- live BBQs
- outdoor nature activities for you and your kids

GM GA Nostrichs

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-THE BITCOIN BORACAY ISLAND LIFE-

Imagine a civilization that mastered the seas, established vast trade networks, and left an indelible mark on the world's alphabets, yet left behind no grand monuments or enduring empire. This was the legacy of the Phoenicians—a people whose influence permeated the ancient world, yet whose name remains shrouded in mystery.

Originating from the rugged coastlines of present-day Lebanon, the Phoenicians were renowned seafarers and traders. Their city-states, such as Tyre, Sidon, and Byblos, were like barnacles on the Mediterranean's hull, clinging to the sea and thriving through commerce. By 1200 BC, amidst the chaos of the Bronze Age collapse, the Phoenicians flourished, building sleek ships with curved prows that sailed beyond the horizons of lesser men. They established trading depots and colonies from Cyprus to Spain, most notably at Carthage—a city that would one day challenge Rome.

Their greatest legacy, however, was not conquest but language. As the Greeks emerged from their own dark age, bereft of the written word, the Phoenicians handed them an alphabet—twenty-two symbols that, with adaptation, would form the basis of Western literacy. This script, known as the Phoenician alphabet, is considered one of the oldest verified consonantal alphabets and is believed to be the ancestor of almost all modern alphabets.

Yet, like all great mariners, they invited speculation. Some claim Phoenician ships, driven by storm or curiosity, reached the Azores, or even the Americas—wild conjecture without the anchor of evidence. The Bible speaks of King Solomon’s fleet, aided by Tyrian sailors, bringing back gold from the distant land of Ophir, a place lost to history.

More grounded in fact was their eventual destruction. By the sixth century BC, Tyre fell to Nebuchadnezzar’s Babylon, and later, to Alexander the Great, who built a causeway from the mainland and butchered its defenders. Carthage, the last great outpost of Phoenician power, met its doom at the hands of Rome in 146 BC, its ruins salted so that nothing might grow again. The surviving Phoenician cities of the Levant were also absorbed by Rome. Their tongue faded, their autonomy vanished. Only the shadow of their achievements remained, hidden in the alphabets of Europe and the legends of lost voyages.

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