CIVILIZATION
PHOENICIAN
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Question
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The biggest colony the Phoenicians controlled, known as Carthage, was found in ____ Africa.
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Southern
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Eastern
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Northern
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Western
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -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.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Phoenicians established colonies and trading posts across the Mediterranean; Carthage, a settlement in northwest Africa, became a major civilization in its own right in the seventh century BC.
Detailed explanation-3: -The legendary Queen Alyssa or Dido, originally from Tyre, is regarded as the founder of the city, though her historicity has been questioned.
Detailed explanation-4: -Carthage, Phoenician Kart-hadasht, Latin Carthago, great city of antiquity on the north coast of Africa, now a residential suburb of the city of Tunis, Tunisia.
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