Carthage Empire
The origin of the Carthaginian Empire can be traced back to 814 BC, North Africa where Carthage was situated towards the east of Lake Tunis where we can locate Tunisia today. Carthage was basically founded by Phoenician settlers which came from Tyre city which is now known as Sur in Lebanon. Queen Dido was credited with being the founder of this city and since the establishment of this empire; there are numerous myths that can be traced back to the association with Romans and Greeks, essentially their literature (Bowman).
Success of the Carthage Empire
The Carthage city was famous for trade and that proved to be the means of their survival and helped the Carthaginians gain massive amounts of power and spreading the trade routes and networking all along the Mediterranean. In the early 6th century BC, Hanno, a famous Carthaginian explorer went on his trip sailing till the coastline of Africa and reached as far as Sierra Leone. During this time, the Carthaginians were slowly gaining control of different cities under the leadership of Malchus. They successfully captured the coastline areas as well as the central parts in Africa. By the 5th century, Carthage was gradually gaining power in terms of being a region of commerce for the areas near the Mediterranean and was also establishing its own power in the military.
The Phoenician regions and the tribes of Libya had now fallen under the control of the Carthaginians. The Carthage Empire had full control over the North African territories and the parts that lay between Morocco and the borders of Egypt. The influence of the Carthaginian Empire had reached parts of Mediterranean and they conquered the areas of Malta, Sardinia as well as the Balearic Islands and most of the Western side of Sicily. The rapidly expanding empire also soon gained...
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