Phoenicians sail around Africa
c. 600 BCENotable
Herodotus reports that Pharaoh Necho II sent Phoenician sailors who circled Africa over three years. Their claim that the sun was on their right supports the account.
▲ Matters Save Share Trace roots
Longest chain: The Big Bang → First stars ignite → Supernovae seed heavy elements → The Sun forms → Earth forms → First oceans → First life → Photosynthesis evolves → Great Oxidation Event → Complex cells (eukaryotes) → Multicellular life → First animals → Cambrian Explosion → First vertebrates → Jawed fish → Fish walk onto land → The amniotic egg → The Great Dying → Dinosaurs appear → Asteroid ends the dinosaurs → Early primates → Apes split from monkeys → Human line splits from chimpanzees → Walking upright → First stone tools → Genus Homo appears → Homo erectus → Control of fire → Habitual fire and cooking → Homo sapiens appears → First seagoing watercraft → Sailing boats → Phoenicians sail around Africa
Community notes Loading notes…
Learn more ranked by votes