CIVILIZATION
PHOENICIAN
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Detailed explanation-1: -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.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Phoenicians chose Carthage because it was located in the center of North Africa, a short distance away from Sicily and the Italian Peninsula. When the Assyrians and the Persians conquered the original homeland of the Phoenicians, Carthage became an independent state.
Detailed explanation-3: -The westward migration of the Phoenician people themselves is allegorized in the story of another Phoenician princess, Elissa (a.k.a. Dido) who sailed westward to found one of history’s greatest cities, Carthage (where Dido plays hostess to Trojan hero Æneas.)