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** naval supremacy | ** naval supremacy | ||
** "stato de mar" | ** "stato de mar" | ||
* poet Ralph Waldo Emerson noted that<pre> | |||
The most advanced nations are always those who navigate the most. | |||
</pre> | |||
* Phoenician states, 6th-2nd century B.C. | * Phoenician states, 6th-2nd century B.C. | ||
* [[File:Phoenician trade routes (eng).svg|thumb|Major Phoenician trade networks (c. 1200–800 BC)]] | *[[File:Phoenician trade routes (eng).svg|thumb|Major Phoenician trade networks (c. 1200–800 BC)]] | ||
** Tyre & Sidon (in The [[The Levant|Levant]]), Carthage | ** Tyre & Sidon (in The [[The Levant|Levant]]), Carthage | ||
* Athenian Empire, Aegean Sea, 5th to 4th centuries BC | * Athenian Empire, Aegean Sea, 5th to 4th centuries BC | ||