History Video Blog #8

Posted on February 8, 2010 by admin

In the ancient world, there were two great colonizing powers. The Greeks and the Phoenicians. Both of these peoples were successful civilizations made up of city-states that lived in Mediterranean lands of limited resources. When population grew, colonization was encouraged. Over several centuries in the ancient world, the Greeks established colonies all around the Black Sea and the Mediterranean. Their chief competitors were the Phoenicians, the people who lived on the coast of the Levant, especially in what is today Lebanon.

Just like every American college has an alma mater song, so every city-state in the ancient world had what we call an origin myth, or something that makes sense out of why the city was founded and what its purpose in the world is.

What follows is a Phoenician origin myth. Let’s see what we learn about the particular city and its awesome queen, named Dido.

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  • will

    it has its flaws, but “the Robe” is a good story set in the ancient world about redemption and perseverance.
    Non-hollywood film about the ancient world is the Nativity Story. wow.

  • http://www.elfnaturals.com andrew elf

    Spartacus

    Before Rambo there was the mighty Kirk Douglas

  • http://www.emmahouse.org admin

    Good suggestion; Cinemascope and Jean Simmons!

  • Kelly

    I remember liking The Odyssey. It was a made for tv movie that starred Armand Assante!

  • http://www.elfnaturals.com andrew elf

    What famous Musical did Jean Simmons star in and who did she play?

  • http://www.emmahouse.org admin

    Andrew: Guys and Dolls, and she played SA Sgt. Sarah Brown! Who wrote the book that movie was based on and where was he or she born?

  • http://www.emmahouse.org admin

    Wasn’t he an actor in a soap opera?

  • http://www.emmahouse.org admin

    Was I the only one who got Frank Gorshin confused with Kirk Douglas?

  • http://www.emmahouse.org admin

    Lloyd Douglas wrote the Robe. Any relation to Kirk Douglas (or Frank Gorshin)?

  • http://www.emmahouse.org admin

    Kirk Douglas is so tough he doesn’t read books, he just stares them down until he gets the information he wants out of them.
    If paper beats rock, rock beats scissors, and scissors beats paper, what beats all 3 at the same time? Answer: Kirk Douglas.
    Could this be a trend?

  • http://www.elfnaturals.com andrew elf

    Frank Loesser?

  • http://www.elfnaturals.com andrew elf

    check that, Damon Runyan based on the idyll of miss sarah brown

  • Lindsay

    I love this story. Can we hear another “woman in history” story?

  • Lindsay

    I love this story. Can we hear another “woman in history” story please?

  • http://www.emmahouse.org admin

    Andrew: that’s it. Where was DR from?

  • http://www.emmahouse.org admin

    I like it when I hear the magic word! Seriously, there will many forthcoming stories about women in history. thanks for your comment.

  • http://www.elfnaturals.com andrew elf

    Manhattan KANSAS

  • http://www.emmahouse.org admin

    Yessir, that’s worth at least half a million points! Are you going to go to Disneyland with all these points?

  • Jason Vance

    My favorite movie of ancient history is The Kingdom of Heaven because 1) It has some great fighting and battle scenes. I love the scene where the knight takes the rock and bashes the helmet of his well protected opponent. It shows how your strength (lots of armor) can become your weakness. Also, the way the Knight felled the siege towers is really cool. 2) It shows how the Templars fell out of favor with the pope and were persecuted. I’ve often been intrigued by the Templars and this movie is the first I’ve seen of them being cast as players in the plot.

  • http://www.readwithjoy.com Dee Anne

    Hmmm. . . favorite movie about the ancient world. I’d have to go with Ben Hur. Charlton Heston and Stephen Boyd. Although Jean Simmons stands out in my memory. I think the scene I’m thinking of is from “The Robe,” but it’s been years since I’ve seen it. I’m thinking I need to see more films about the ancient world. :-)

  • http://www.emmahouse.org admin

    Welcome to the blog. Though the Templars are not technically ancient history they seem to provide no end of fascination, and not just to conspiracy theorists! Dr. Martin Luther also fell out of favor with the medieval papacy, perhaps with happier results?

  • http://www.emmahouse.org admin

    Dee: -3000. Where is Chuck Heston when we need Moses?