PJ of the day:
TODAY WAS MY
SON’S FOURTH BIRTHDAY PARTY.
PJ of the day:
1400 B.C.
Formerly home to the city-state Kition,
Larnaca was established in the 14th century B.C. The city was rebuilt by
Phoenecians in 1000 B.C., becoming a center for Phoenecian culture. In present
day, Larnaca is the third-largest city in Cyprus.
1200 B.C.
The
second-oldest European capital city, Lisbon’s origins date back to 1200 B.C.
However, archaeologists have also uncovered proof that Iron Age people occupied
the area from the 8th to 6th centuries B.C.
I realized that I had gone way
off course as soon as I crossed the Finnish line.
https://www.ervacommunity.org/visioning-report/visioning-event-report/
900 B.C.
Archaeologists trace the origins of Flores
back between pre-Hispanic 900-600 B.C. with notable expansion happening between
250-400 A.D. The city was previously Nojpetén, the capital of the Itza kingdom.
Now, it is the capital of Guatemala’s northernmost department, Petén
Department.
Well I’ll be dammed!
Links to explore:
https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/18/asia/japan-tax-alcohol-competition-intl-hnk/index.html
700 B.C.
Present day Tripoli is big and bustling. It
is the largest city in northern Libya with a population of 1.1 million. But before it became what it is today,
Tripoli’s beginnings date back to 700 B.C. The city was once a trading hotspot
and naval shipyard.
He wanted space.
257 B.C.
When An Dương Vương defeated the final Hùng
king in 257 B.C., he merged Văn Lang and Nam Cương to create Âu Lạc and
established the capital at Cổ Loa, which is now the Đông Anh district of Hanoi.
Hanoi is made up of 12 total districts and is both the capital of Vietnam and
the nation’s second-largest city.
700 A.D.
One of the oldest documented harbors in
southern Africa, Sofala — now known as Nova Sofala — was situated on the edge
of an estuary formed by the Buzi River. The city participated in the gold trade
and became the most dominant coastal city in the region during the 1800s and
1900s.