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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
A country that now lies where Carthage used to lie is ____ .
A
England
B
Tunisia
C
Sweden
D
Turkey
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Carthage was the capital city of ancient Carthage, 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.

Detailed explanation-2: -Tunisia was called Ifrīqiyyah in the early centuries of the Islamic period. That name, in turn, comes from the Roman word for Africa and the name also given by the Romans to their first African colony following the Punic Wars against the Carthaginians in 264–146 bce.

Detailed explanation-3: -Carthage (/ˈkɑːrɪdʒ/ KAR-thij) was a settlement in what is now known as modern Tunisia that later became a city-state and then an empire.

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