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I’m from where the Phonecians originated.

It makes me sad to see the state Lebanon is today, but ironically part of the reason of the Phonecians’ demise was they didn’t have a strong enough army, relied on mercenaries and ultimately the major city states were not unified.

Funny (sadly) enough, all of the conditions above remain true.

Damn you Alexander

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