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Phoenician Shipbuilding
History:

Phoenicia is a small maritime region alongside the East side of the Mediterranean sea [https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2112&amp;context=ccr#:~:text=The%20h&#x20;eight%20of%20Phoenician%20shipping,fifth%20century%20BCE%20Classical%20Greece. coast]. The culture was fused together by those who were new and arriving to theMediterranean, those of Canaanite origin, and those who were already residing in the Levant. The peak of Phoenician shipping, merchant activity, and culture was during the early Greek Archaic period, and by 1200 BC the Phoencians were building large merchant [https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2112&amp;context=ccr#:~:text=The%20h&#x20;eight%20of%20Phoenician%20shipping,fifth%20century%20BCE%20Classical%20Greece. ships]. The skills of the Phoenicians shipbuilding work is from the Mediterranean and Persian Gulf, despite assumptions that the skills come from Egypt. Evidence of this is from Phoenicans using techniques of mortises and tenons similar to the Mediterranean, and techniques of drilling and filling holes from the Persian Gulf Area.

Types of Ships:

Phoenician shipbuilding revolved primarily around two types of ships, gauloi or round ships or [https://exploration.marinersmuseum.org/watercraft/phoenician-&#x20;ships/#:~:text=The%20Phoenicians%20built%20two%20major,turn%20to%20catch%20the%20&#x20;wind. warships]. Features of gauloi ships include rounder and curved sterns and a centered, rectangular [https://exploration.marinersmuseum.org/watercraft/phoenician-&#x20;ships/#:~:text=The%20Phoenicians%20built%20two%20major,turn%20to%20catch%20the%20&#x20;wind. sail]. In comparison, warships had features of being longer and narrower and were heavily detailed with decorations of carvings and [https://exploration.marinersmuseum.org/watercraft/phoenician-&#x20;ships/#:~:text=The%20Phoenicians%20built%20two%20major,turn%20to%20catch%20the%20&#x20;wind. paintings]. Warships had eyes painted on them to help give the ship “sight” as well as frightening [https://exploration.marinersmuseum.org/watercraft/phoenician-&#x20;ships/#:~:text=The%20Phoenicians%20built%20two%20major,turn%20to%20catch%20the%20&#x20;wind. enemies]. They also had horses heads sculpted throughout as a way of honor to their god of the sea, [https://exploration.marinersmuseum.org/watercraft/phoenician-&#x20;ships/#:~:text=The%20Phoenicians%20built%20two%20major,turn%20to%20catch%20the%20&#x20;wind. Yamm]. Specific details about ship types include “merchant ships” which had straight stern posts with wicker fencing, and also were decorated with Egyptian wall paintings. A note about this is that merchant ships were a key part of artemon sail development. “Warships” were a development from the influence of troop transport ships, and constantly developed alongside arms race and naval capacity developments of opponents. Lastly, “utility ships” were used by the Phoenicians for various purposes, from fighting of fish and murex to transportation needs. Cabbagepatch12345 (talk) 00:44, 16 May 2024 (UTC)