Pharaohs, Phoenicians, Venetians & Templars to City of London Livery & Guild presidentialfield.com/pharaohs-phoenicians-venetians-templars-city-london-livery-guild Under the Templar flag the Norman Empire would expand into France and Iberia as well as establish strongholds in Jerusalem, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon and Cyprus. The Crusades were the impetus behind all of this empire-building, which Venice was the main financial power behind. In other words, the Norman/Templars had reconstructed the old Phoenician Empire, almost in its entirety. Unhived Mind website: theunhivedmind.com/wordpress3/