[269] Mantle culture 2

As we all know in the modern calendar, a year is equal to 365 days, and every four years it is established to make up for the time difference between the number of days of the year and the actual orbital period of the earth caused by the artificial calendar.

12 months a year.

There are 28 or 29 days in February, 31 days in other months, and 30 days in small months.

24 hours a day.

The calendar recorded in this book is 365 days a year, divided into 3 quarters and 12 months. 3 weeks per month, 10 days a week, and an additional 5 days at the end of the year as a festive time, which is very precise.

We need to know. The 365 days of a year are calculated based on the cycle of the Earth around the Sun, the 30 days of a month are calculated based on the cyclical changes of the Moon, and the 24 hours of a day are calculated based on the time it takes for the Earth to rotate around the Sun.

Well, the people who live here have never seen the moon, the sun. There are also no seasons changing, how do they know and determine their calendar.

Therefore, Gu Xiaoyao is very sure that their ancestors came from the earth.

This calendar is very similar to the ancient Egyptian calendar, except for the ancient Egyptian names of the three seasons Akhet (flood), Proyet (growth) and Shomu (harvest) according to the changes in the water level of the Nile.

Gu Xiaoyao can determine that the people in this space are from the surface of the earth and are descendants of the Phoenicians.

When did it get here, it was in the 12th century BC, after the Phoenician people created the Phoenician alphabet. At least 3,000 years ago.

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

Compared with modern civilization, the development of the Phoenician civilization, which originated from the surface of the earth for more than 3,000 years, has remained stagnant, and it is still full of slave city-states.

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

In this mantle space of the earth, the Phoenician civilization is a civilization, and it integrates and communicates with whom.

And. There was no unified state, wars were frequent, and all energy was preoccupied with wars, not to mention the progress of civilization.

It's like modern Africa.

Humans originated in Africa. Explorers from China, the United States, Russia and other major powers are about to fly out of the solar system. And Africa is still like this. Is there any difference from primitive society!?

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

Maybe we'll find out later.

Gu Xiaoyao now spends all his energy on translating the book on hand.

It took a week.

I looked up a lot of stuff on my laptop.

The main references are the records of the Kise-farmer, the Moabite tablet, the Aramaic inscription, and the broken porcelain fragments of the text excavated in Samaria. The clay tablets of the alphabetic script of the city of Ugarit, as well as, later, the ancient Hebrew language, the ancient Greek alphabet, etc.

Finally deciphered a small part of the content.

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

There are so few Phoenician texts that can be compared.

By deciphering part of the content.

Gu Xiaoyao also had a preliminary understanding of the land under his feet.

This block covers an area of about 200,000 square kilometers. It is a little larger than the provinces of Canton and Eastern and is called Tyre.

Tyre was the largest city-state founded by the ancient Phoenicians, and it is believed that Tyre was Sur in present-day Lebanon.

The river next to it is called the 'Endro' river, which means 'holy' in the Phoenician language.

The 'Enzhuo' River meanders for more than 300 kilometers, with a basin area of tens of thousands of square kilometers, and there are many tributaries of the Enzhuo River, the largest of which is the Mahler River. Sobakt River, Ava River. Atba River.

Together with its tributaries, the Undra River supported the Phoenician people who lived in the land.

In the land of Tyre, there were many slave city-states, most of which were built along the Undra River.

Due to the convenient waterway transportation conditions and the tradition of the ancient Phoenicians to develop commerce, commerce here was very developed, and the development of commerce also led to the development of various handicrafts in the city.

Gu Xiaoyao stayed by the river.

More than 200,000 square kilometers of Tyre. There was a web of water transportation like a spider's web, there were convenient means of transportation and various boats, and there was frequent communication between the various city-states, which lasted less than 1 week, (the Phoenician calendar. A week is 10 days. A god came from the whirlpool and now stopped by the river at the source of the holy river, and all the people of Tyre knew about it.

Soon, more people made a pilgrimage to the source by boat, or by overland walking, by horse-drawn carriages, and by bicycle carrying various offerings up the river.

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

Spontaneously, with a pious heart, without complaint, they gathered rocks, cut wood, and built a tall and ornate temple by the river for the gods to live in!

They offered food, fruits, flowers to Gu Xiaoyao.

Many followers who claim to be gods give up their status, wealth, family, honor, etc., and vow to follow the ancients, including some nobles with great power, scholars with high social status, and great businessmen with great wealth.

They built huts around the temple by the Endra River, and the spear huts dwelt in.

Before the temple was built, Gu Xiaoyao left here, planning to travel around, he wanted to understand the civilization of this land in more detail, their culture, the life of the people here, the customs and customs, etc., instead of learning about this land in general through books.

By the way, learn the language of the Phoenicians.

Just do it.

Gu Xiaoyao put on an ordinary Phoenician costume and dressed up as a wandering knight.

Gu Xiaoyao left here and began to travel, one man and one horse.

Gu Xiaoyao set off downstream along the bank of the 'Enzhuo' River, took out a camera from the pregnant Haizhu space, and began to shoot along the road like a documentary.

The further downstream, the wider the river became, and the river rushed downward, nourishing the land along the river and nurturing the Phoenician civilization.

Along the river, the land is very fertile, and there are many farms.

Each farmstead and the nearby forests, rivers, lakes, etc., belonged to the fiefdom of a nobleman.

Just like the aristocracy in the middle of the European Middle Ages, they have a noble identity, noble blood flows in their veins, they pay attention to genealogy, emphasize titles, and value origin, the aristocratic group is a closed group, and it is difficult for lower-class people to become nobles.

The great nobles had a large amount of territory, castles, commercial assets, and merchant fleets, and accumulated a lot of wealth, while the minor nobles owned a number of farmsteads and estates. as well as plantations of some cash crops, among others. (To be continued.) )