Ancient Carthage
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Currency | Carthaginian shekel |
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Common languages | Punic |
Greek | |
Government | 480 BC |
Historical era | Antiquity |
Demonym(s) | Carthaginian |
Did you know | The Carthaginian navy included some 300 warships that continuously patrolled the expanse of the Mediterranean and held the Straits of Gibraltar against any foreign ship. |
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ID | 896717 |
About Ancient Carthage
Carthage was a Phoenician state that included, during the 7th–3rd centuries BC, its wider sphere of influence known as the Carthaginian Empire. The empire extended over much of the coast of Northwest Africa as well as encompassing substantial parts of coastal Iberia and the islands of the western Mediterranean Sea.