WORLD CIVILIZATION

Detailed explanation-1: -Over the centuries, cedar wood was exploited by the Phoenicians, Egyptians, Israelites, Assyrians, Babylonians, Persians, Romans, Arabs, and Turks. 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”.

Detailed explanation-2: -Ancient Phoenicians used the tree to build their houses, temples, palaces and ships. Others used pitch and bark from the tree in the treatment of toothaches and leprosy and to keep snakes away. Sawdust from the tree has been discovered in pharaoh’s tombs.

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.