摘要
古代叙利亚文明孕育了丰富的文化成果,其中航海探索、字母文字创制及一神信仰体系奠基性三大贡献,对整个人类文明的进程影响颇为深远。叙利亚的腓尼基人对西地中海的航海探索逐渐发展出跨地中海的贸易与文化交流,并以其航海技术影响后世海洋文明。叙利亚的早期字母系统在地中海区域扩散,并最终衍化为希腊、拉丁、阿拉伯等在全球广泛使用的字母文字。在叙利亚多神崇拜的多元文化土壤中,经与两河流域、埃及等文明的长期交往,叙利亚的希伯来人凝练出一神信仰。三大贡献根植于古叙利亚独特的地理与文化环境,跨时空地参与到形塑古叙利亚文明和世界文明的进程中。
The ancient Syrian civilization generated a wealth of cultural achievements,among which maritime exploration,the invention of an alphabetic writing system,and the establishment of a monotheistic belief framework have exerted profound influence on the course of human history.The Phoenicians pioneered seafaring in the western Mediterranean,forging extensive trade and cultural networks that would shape later maritime societies.The early alphabet from Syria spread throughout the Mediterranean region via commercial exchange and ultimately evolved into the Greek,Latin,and Arabic scripts that are still in widespread use today.Within the polytheistic,multicultural social environment of ancient Syria and through sustained interaction and political upheaval with Mesopotamian and Egyptian civilizations,the Hebrew communities in Syria distilled a monotheistic creed in response to ethnic crises and religious transformation.These three contributions,rooted in the distinctive geographical and cultural context of ancient Syria,transcended regional confines to participate in and guide the development of both Syrian and global civilization.
作者
王新刚
高清清
Wang Xingang;Gao Qingqing
基金
教育部哲学社会科学研究重大课题项目“古叙利亚文明史研究”(项目编号:19JZD043)阶段性成果之一。
关键词
古叙利亚
航海探索
字母文字
一神信仰
文明交流互鉴
Ancient Syrian Civilization
Maritime Exploration
Alphabetic Writing
Monotheism
Cultural Exchanges
