Pehea i haku ʻia ai ke aniani?

I ka la o ka la i hala aku nei, ua hoea mai kekahi moku kalepa nui Poinikia ma ka nuku o ka muliwai Belus ma kahakai o ke Kaiwaenahonua.Ua hoʻopiha ʻia ka moku me nā kristal he nui o ka soda maoli.No ka maa mau o ke au a me ke kahe o ke kai maanei, aole maopopo ka poe ohua.ka haku.Paʻa ka moku i kona hiki ʻana i kahi one nani ʻaʻole mamao loa mai ka nuku o ka muliwai.

ʻO ka poʻe Phoenicians i paʻa i ka moku, lele wale lākou mai kahi moku nui a holo i kēia kahakai nani.Ua piha ke one i ke one palupalu a maikaʻi, akā ʻaʻohe pōhaku e hiki ke kākoʻo i ka ipuhao.Ua hoʻomanaʻo koke kekahi i ke kopa aniani maoli ma luna o ka waʻa, no laila ua hana like nā mea a pau, hoʻoneʻe i nā ʻāpana he nui e kūkulu i ka ipu hao, a laila hoʻonohonoho i ka wahie e puhi ai.Ua mākaukau koke ka ʻai.I ko lākou hoʻopaʻa ʻana i nā kīʻaha a hoʻomākaukau e hoʻi i ka waʻa, ua ʻike koke lākou i kahi mea kupanaha: ʻike wau i kekahi mea ʻālohilohi a ʻālohilohi i ke one ma lalo o ka ipuhao, he nani loa.ʻAʻole ʻike nā kānaka a pau i kēia.He aha ia, manaʻo wau ua loaʻa iaʻu kahi waiwai, no laila waiho wau.ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, i ka wā e kuke ai ke ahi, ua hana kemika ka poloka soda e kākoʻo ana i ka ipuhao me ke one quartz ma ka ʻāina i ka wela kiʻekiʻe, a lilo i aniani.

Ma hope o ka ʻike ʻana o ka poʻe Poinikia naʻauao i kēia mea huna, ua aʻo koke lākou i ka hana ʻana.Ua hoʻoulu mua lākou i ke one quartz a me ka soda maoli, a laila hoʻoheheʻe iā lākou i loko o kahi kapuahi kūikawā, a laila hana i ke aniani i nā nui nui.Nā lei aniani liʻiliʻi.Ua kaulana koke kēia mau lei nani i nā haole, a ua hoʻololi kekahi poʻe waiwai iā lākou i ke gula a me nā mea nani, a ua loaʻa i ka poʻe Phoenicians ka waiwai.

ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ua hana nā Mesopotamians i nā mea aniani maʻalahi i ka makahiki 2000 BC, a ua ʻike ʻia nā mea aniani maoli ma ʻAigupita i ka makahiki 1500 BC.Mai ke kenekulia 9 BC, holomua ka hana aniani i kēlā me kēia lā.Ma mua o ke kenekulia 6 AD, aia nā hale hana aniani ma Rhodes a me Cyprus.ʻO ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Alexandria, i kūkulu ʻia i ka makahiki 332 BC, he kūlanakauhale koʻikoʻi ia no ka hana aniani i kēlā manawa.

Mai ke kenekulia 7 AD, ua ulu pū kekahi mau ʻāina Arab e like me Mesopotamia, Peresia, ʻAigupita a me Suria i ka hana aniani.Hiki iā lākou ke hoʻohana i ke aniani a i ʻole ke aniani ʻeleʻele e hana i nā kukui mosque.

Ma ʻEulopa, ʻike ʻia ka hana aniani.Ma mua o ke kenekulia 18, ua kūʻai ka poʻe ʻEulopa i nā mea aniani kiʻekiʻe mai Venice.Ua ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o kēia kūlana me ka 18th century European Ravenscroft invented a transparent Ua loli mālie ke aniani aluminika, a ua ulu ka ʻoihana hana aniani ma ʻEulopa.