Carthage - Wikipedia
WEBThe layout of the Punic city-state Carthage, before its fall in 146 BC. Carthage [a] was an ancient city in Northern Africa, on the eastern side of the Lake of Tunis in what is now Tunisia. Carthage was one of the most important trading hubs of the Ancient Mediterranean and one of the most affluent cities of the classical world.
Ancient Carthage - Wikipedia
WEBFounded by the Phoenicians in the ninth century BC, Carthage reached its height in the fourth century BC as one of the largest metropoleis in the world. [5] It was the centre of the Carthaginian Empire, a major power led by the Punic people who dominated the ancient western and central Mediterranean Sea.
Carthage | History, Location, & Facts | Britannica
WEBCarthage, great city of antiquity on the north coast of Africa, now a residential suburb of the city of Tunis, Tunisia. According to tradition, Carthage was founded by the Phoenicians of Tyre in 814 BCE; its Phoenician name means ‘new …
Carthage: The Ancient Empire That Nearly Destroyed Rome
WEBJan 31, 2024 · Carthage: The Ancient Empire That Nearly Destroyed Rome - WorldAtlas. In the early 2nd century AD, the Roman Empire dominated the Ancient World. Aside from regional disputes with the Persian Empire in the east, Rome was unrivaled.
Carthage - World History Encyclopedia
WEBMay 29, 2020 · Carthage was a Phoenician city-state on the coast of North Africa (the site of modern-day Tunis) which, prior the conflict with Rome known as the Punic Wars (264-146 BCE), was the largest, most affluent, and powerful political entity in the Mediterranean. The city was originally known as Kart-hadasht (new city) to distinguish it from the older ...
Archaeological Site of Carthage - UNESCO World Heritage Centre
WEBFounded by the Phoenicians, Carthage is an extensive archaeological site, located on a hill dominating the Gulf of Tunis and the surrounding plain. Metropolis of Punic civilization in Africa and capital of the province of Africa in Roman times, Carthage has played a central role in Antiquity as a great commercial empire.
Carthage - National Geographic Society
WEBOct 19, 2023 · Carthage was an ancient Phoenician city located on the northern coast of Africa. Its name means “new city” or “new town.”. Before the rise of ancient Rome, Carthage was the most powerful city in the region because of its proximity to trade routes and its impressive harbor on the Mediterranean.
History of Carthage - Wikipedia
WEBThe city of Carthage was founded in the 9th century BC on the coast of Northwest Africa, in what is now Tunisia, as one of a number of Phoenician settlements in the western Mediterranean created to facilitate trade from the city of Tyre on the coast of what is …
Carthage summary | Britannica
WEBCarthage, Ancient city and state, northern Africa. Located near modern Tunis, Tun., it was built around a citadel called the Byrsa. Founded by colonists from Tyre, probably in the 8th century bc, its people undertook conquests in western …
Ancient Carthage - Wikiwand
WEBFounded by the Phoenicians in the ninth century BC, Carthage reached its height in the fourth century BC as one of the largest metropoleis in the world. It was the centre of the Carthaginian Empire, a major power led by the Punic people who dominated the ancient western and central Mediterranean Sea.
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