Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb
TRADE & MULTICULTURALISM Lebanese don't get that their country has been principally a trade route, & not just with the Phoenicians. It was central to the Silk Road. It linked the Med to Asia: since 16th C. w/maritime routes, Tripolis -> Marseille, Naples (Venice was Smyrna/Cypr) https://t.co/AoQwfxsDwk — PolitiTweet.org
