WORLD CIVILIZATION

CIVILIZATION

PHOENICIAN

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What was the name of the greatest Phoenician colony?
A
Athens
B
Rome
C
Sparta
D
Carthage
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -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.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -The 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 now Lebanon.

Detailed explanation-4: -The term “Phoenician colonies” has traditionally been used to refer to the new settlements founded by these migrant communities in the western Mediterranean. Among them are the sites of Carthage, Utica, Mozia, Sulky, Ibiza, Malaka, Gadir, and Lixus, to name just a few examples.

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