Ancient Tartessos ❤️Lost Civilization & Mysteries! 🔥<br /><br />Timeline of Key Events:<br />1200 BCE: Emergence of Tartessian culture. <br />800 BCE: Phoenician traders establish contact. 700–600 BCE: Peak of wealth and palace construction. <br />550 BCE: Natural disasters and trade decline. <br />500 BCE: Civilization vanishes from historical records. <br /><br />Summarise:<br />Tartessos (9th–6th Century BCE)<br />Iberian Peninsula’s Atlantis of the West.<br />Biblical Tarshish? Rich in silver.<br />Undeciphered Tartessian script.<br />Gold jewelry hoards (El Carambolo).<br />Phoenician trade partner.<br />Sudden disappearance: Tsunami?<br />Links to Hercules myths.<br />Solar cult symbols.<br />Modern Andalusian excavations.<br />Treasure hunt in Guadalquivir River.<br /><br />Factual Statements: <br />1. Tartessos was the first Iberian civilization to use a writing system, derived from Phoenician script. <br />2. The El Carambolo treasure (1958) revealed gold artifacts linked to Tartessian religious rituals. <br /><br />Benefits: <br />1. Pioneered advanced metallurgy, boosting Mediterranean trade. <br />2. Created early hydraulic systems for sustainable agriculture. <br /><br />Losses: <br />1. Over-reliance on mining led to environmental degradation. <br />2. Cultural assimilation by Carthaginians erased their distinct identity. <br /><br />Myths: <br />1. Linked to the mythical **Atlantis** due to its sudden disappearance. <br />2. Legends claim Tartessian kings hid **vast treasures** in underground chambers. <br /><br />Tartessos documentary, Tartessian civilization history, Ancient Spain culture, Tartessos ruins, Phoenician trade. <br /><br />#AncientDocumentary, #HistoryChannel, #AncientSpain, #HistoricalRuins, #PhoenicianCulture, #AncientEconomy, #MysteriousCivilizations, #AncientEngineering, #BronzeAgeTech, #CulturalHistory, #histories-secret, #historiessecret, #HistoryShorts.
