- Carthage - Wikipedia
The name Carthage ( ˈkɑːrθɪdʒ KAR-thij) is the Early Modern anglicisation of Middle French Carthage kartaʒə , [12] from Latin Carthāgō and Karthāgō (cf Greek Karkhēdōn (Καρχηδών), as well as Karkhadōn (Καρχαδών), and Etruscan *Carθaza) from the Punic qrt-ḥdšt (𐤒𐤓𐤕 𐤇𐤃𐤔𐤕) "new city", [b] implying it was a "new Tyre " [14] The Latin
- Ancient Carthage - Wikipedia
Ancient Carthage ( ˈkɑːrθɪdʒ KAR-thij; Punic: 𐤒𐤓𐤕𐤟𐤇𐤃𐤔𐤕, lit 'New City') was an ancient Semitic civilisation based in North Africa [3] Initially a settlement in present-day Tunisia, it later became a city-state, and then an empire Founded by the Phoenicians in the ninth century BC, Carthage reached its height in the fourth century BC as one of the largest
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