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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Cyrrhus, post: 2211598, member: 73882&quot;]this explains more: In the dessert region you are king if you own a few oasis I think.....it is a palm leaf...</p><p><br /></p><p><font size="5"><b>A</b></font></p><p>In <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_Mesopotamia" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_Mesopotamia" rel="nofollow">Assyrian religion</a>, the palm is one of the trees identified as the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Tree" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Tree" rel="nofollow">Sacred Tree</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palm_branch_(symbol)#cite_note-2" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palm_branch_(symbol)#cite_note-2" rel="nofollow">[2]</a>connecting heaven, represented by the crown of the tree, and earth, the base of the trunk. Reliefs from the 9th century BC show winged <i>genii</i> holding palm fronds in the presence of the Sacred Tree.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palm_branch_(symbol)#cite_note-3" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palm_branch_(symbol)#cite_note-3" rel="nofollow">[3]</a> It is associated with the goddess <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ishtar" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ishtar" rel="nofollow">Ishtar</a> and is found on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ishtar_Gate" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ishtar_Gate" rel="nofollow">Ishtar Gate</a>. In ancient <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesopotamia" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesopotamia" rel="nofollow">Mesopotamia</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Date_palm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Date_palm" rel="nofollow">date palm</a> may have represented fertility in humans. The Mesopotamian goddess <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inanna" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inanna" rel="nofollow">Inanna</a>, who had a part in the sacred marriage ritual, was believed to make the dates abundant.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palm_branch_(symbol)#cite_note-datesex-4" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palm_branch_(symbol)#cite_note-datesex-4" rel="nofollow">[4]</a> Palm stems represented long life to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egypt" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egypt" rel="nofollow">Ancient Egyptians</a>, and the god <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huh_(god)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huh_(god)" rel="nofollow">Huh</a> was often shown holding a palm stem in one or both hands. The palm was carried in Egyptian funeral processions to represent eternal life.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palm_branch_(symbol)#cite_note-5" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palm_branch_(symbol)#cite_note-5" rel="nofollow">[5]</a> The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Nri" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Nri" rel="nofollow">Kingdom of Nri</a> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igbo_people" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igbo_people" rel="nofollow">Igbo</a>) used the <i>omu</i>, a tender palm frond, to sacralize and restrain.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palm_branch_(symbol)#cite_note-6" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palm_branch_(symbol)#cite_note-6" rel="nofollow">[6]</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The palm was a symbol of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenicia" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenicia" rel="nofollow">Phoenicia</a> and appeared on Punic coins. In <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greek_language" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greek_language" rel="nofollow">ancient Greek</a>, the word for palm, <i>phoinix,</i> was thought to be related to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnonym" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnonym" rel="nofollow">ethnonym</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>In <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archaic_Greece" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archaic_Greece" rel="nofollow">Archaic Greece</a>, the palm tree was a sacred sign of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo" rel="nofollow">Apollo</a>, who had been born under a palm on the island of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delos" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delos" rel="nofollow">Delos</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palm_branch_(symbol)#cite_note-7" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palm_branch_(symbol)#cite_note-7" rel="nofollow">[7]</a>The palm thus became an icon of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delian_League" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delian_League" rel="nofollow">Delian League</a>. In recognition of the alliance, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cimon" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cimon" rel="nofollow">Cimon of Athens</a> erected a bronze statue of a palm tree at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delphi" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delphi" rel="nofollow">Delphi</a> as part of a victory monument commemorating the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Eurymedon" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Eurymedon" rel="nofollow">Battle of the Eurymedon</a> (469/466 BC).<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palm_branch_(symbol)#cite_note-8" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palm_branch_(symbol)#cite_note-8" rel="nofollow">[8]</a>In addition to representing the victorious League, the bronze palm <i>(phoinix)</i> was a visual pun on the defeated Phoenician fleet.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palm_branch_(symbol)#cite_note-9" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palm_branch_(symbol)#cite_note-9" rel="nofollow">[9]</a> From 400 BC onward, a palm branch was awarded to the victor in athletic contests, and the practice was brought to Rome around 293 BC.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palm_branch_(symbol)#cite_note-10" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palm_branch_(symbol)#cite_note-10" rel="nofollow">[10]</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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