WORLD CIVILIZATION

Detailed explanation-1: -The Phoenicians used the Cedars for their merchant fleets. They needed timbers for their ships and the Cedar woods made them the “first sea trading nation in the world”. The Egyptians used cedar resin for the mummification process and the cedar wood for some of “their first hieroglyph bearing rolls of papyrus”.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Phoenicians used the Cedars of Lebanon to build their ships, and the Egyptians used it for paper. Solomon knew the Cedars of Lebanon would stand forever and chose their wood as the floor and walls of the Temple. Walking through the halls of the Temple you would have touched the Cedars.

Detailed explanation-3: -Cedar wood is used for totem poles, carvings, masks and longhouses, as well as canoes, paddles, hooks, spears and fishing floats. Fish are preserved in cedar smokehouses or dried on cedar racks. Western red cedar is also used by Indigenous people to make bentwood boxes to store food or other goods.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Cedar of Lebanon is regarded as one of the most famous trees in the world. Its discernible shape, historical significance, and status as Lebanon’s national emblem make it a compelling tree with a rich lore.