I doubt it.
Could they have developed civilizations if Phoenicians didn't come?
Benjamin Stewart
Levi Baker
Eventually some other culture would have brought their customs, or they would have developed it themselves in their own fashion. Europe had everything it needed to be successful, this is why it became the center of the world.
Dylan Collins
There were civilizations in Europe long before the Phoenicians appeared.
en.wikipedia.org
en.wikipedia.org
Levi Young
those are not civilizations
Camden Bailey
They had proto-writing, so they qualify as civilizations.
Andrew Cox
That's not writing and I'm pretty sure the cucuteni didn't have that either
Jace Carter
Europe owes everything to the Near East
Same way Japan owes everything to China
Carson Harris
How come the Middle East and China suck now?
Ayden Morales
Islamism and Communism.
Jace Ortiz
good point. But I would say it learned it all from the mediterraneo sea. It took over 1000 years for ironsmelting to reach what is now germany,
Jaxon Mitchell
David Lewis
>Europe owes everything to the Near East Same way Japan owes everything to China
Not at all. Europe is far more unique and it's own culture, Japan is part of sinosphere.
Aaron Perry
Japan has nothing analogous to give to China like Greece gave Hellenism and Platonism to MENA. Plus you have those old ancient European civilizations which diffused wig MENA culture to create ancient Europe as opposed to Japan which is pretty much a version of sinic culture.
Adrian Hall
proto-writing isn't civilization
Isaac Bailey
Japanese economic development and advancements in engineering and science/math
Jacob Brooks
7/10, subtle
Samuel Allen
Geographic determinism and the cunning of the eternal anglo.
Levi Bell
>hurr durr le eternal anglo memes xD
Parker Hall
Actually both the Middle East and Europe own everything to the fallen angels as per the Book of Enoch, and Dagon, the fish-man that came out of the sea and taught mankind civilization.
Justin Lewis
Greeks taight phoenicians and egyptian the precursor to phoenician was European.
John Sullivan
What?
Nicholas Watson
At last I truly see