Carthage

Carthage was a state in Maghreb (North and West Africa) that lasted from c. 814 to 146 BCE, about 668 years. Its people spoke Semitic languages (Akkadian, Amorite, Aramaic, Hebrew, Phoenician, Ge'ez, Amharic, Tigrinya).

Phoenician colony from Tyre that became the leading sea power of the western Mediterranean, ruling Sardinia, western Sicily and southern Spain. After three Punic Wars Rome razed the city in 146 BCE.

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Facts

Dates

c. 814 to 146 BCE

Duration

668 years

Type

State

Region

Maghreb, North and West Africa

Language family

Semitic

Capital

Carthage

Became

• Roman Africa 146 BCE to 439 CE

Events in North and West Africa during its time

• 814 BCE Founding of Carthage
• 728 BCE Piye conquers Egypt
• 500 BCE Iron smelting in West Africa
• 331 BCE Founding of Alexandria
• 146 BCE Destruction of Carthage

Neighbours in North and West Africa

• Ptolemaic Kingdom 305 to 30 BCE
• Kingdom of Kush (Meroitic period) c. 300 BCE to 350 CE
• Roman Africa 146 BCE to 439 CE
• Kingdom of Kush (Napatan period) c. 785 to 300 BCE
• Numidia 202 to 46 BCE
• Garamantes c. 500 BCE to 700 CE
• D'mt c. 980 to 400 BCE
• Cyrene and the Greek Pentapolis 631 to 96 BCE
• Third Intermediate Period c. 1069 to 664 BCE
• Mauretania c. 300 BCE to 44 CE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• Roman Republic 509 to 27 BCE, Europe
• Parthian Empire 247 BCE to 224 CE, Middle East
• Greek city-states c. 800 to 338 BCE, Europe
• Neo-Assyrian Empire 911 to 609 BCE, Middle East
• Xiongnu Empire c. 209 BCE to 93 CE, Central and North Asia
• Achaemenid Empire 550 to 330 BCE, Middle East
• Western Han 202 BCE to 9 CE, East Asia
• Athens 508 to 322 BCE, Europe
• Maurya Empire 322 to 185 BCE, South Asia
• Empire of Alexander the Great 334 to 312 BCE, Middle East

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