denizaksulu wrote:Paphitis wrote:Just highlighting the fact that Greeks and Phoenicians were the main seafarers at the time. So it is only natural to presume that these 2 peoples had the largest influence in the region at the time.
The article clearly mentions Cyprus and Mycenae. The Phoenicians also had set up settlements in Cyprus!
Then they, as I said before, the Phoenicians were generous with their seed..
Thank you.
On what do you base that, deniz?
For example, genetic studies in Sicily, a place visited by both Greeks and Phoenicians, shows a 37% contribution from Greek genes and much less from Phoenicians. The frequencies are pretty much representative of other sites (Cyprus less than 7% Phoenician markers).