New Word

[goodnigh]

Learned a new word today, I thought that was all over.

Thalassocratic 

Even the spell checker does not like it.

Google translate does not know the word.

mike

 

[midlife]

Means Naval supremacy.

 

[TheRktmn]

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  Urban Dictionary: thalassocratic
  
  
  
  https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=thalassocratic
  thalassocratic A god tier sexual maneuver condition where intercourse is achieved over a body of water large enough to define a hypothetical state existing at each partner's terrestrial interface as a thalassocracy, which is itself defined as state whose territories are connected primarily by sea.
  
  On a more serious note:
  
  
  Thalassocracy - Wikipedia
  
  
  
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thalassocracy
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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The Austronesian peoples of Maritime Southeast Asia, who built the first ocean-going ships, developed the Indian Ocean's first true maritime trade network. They established trade routes with Southern India and Sri Lanka as early as 1500 BC, ushering in an exchange of material culture (like catamarans, outrigger boats, lashed-lug and sewn-plank boats, and paan) and cultigens (like coconuts, sandalwood, bananas, and sugarcane); as well as connecting the material cultures of India and China.

 

[goodnigh]

There is a blood disorder called Thalassemia that affects mostly peoples of Mediterranean descent. 

A friend was reading a book about the origin of my last name and somehow the Phoenicians got involved.  

mike