What is fascinating is how self-reliant Phoenicians were. Take wheat. Then periodically during the voyage stop to saw it and wait for few months to harvest. The

What is fascinating is how self-reliant Phoenicians were. Take wheat. Then periodically during the voyage stop to saw it and wait for few months to harvest. Then continue. This was very risky, as they had no idea about climate in new places. But according to what we know was entirely possible along African coast.