CARTHAGE

Begins with Phoenicia:Phoenician Culture was divided into City-States

(Just like Ancient Greece)Phoenicians were well known for their

maritime achievementsInvented the Bireme (a new kind of ship)Made their wealth through trade and colonization

When the mysterious “Sea Peoples” attacked Egypt ca. 1200 BCE, Phoenician cities expanded and filled the power vacuum

Carthaginian History…

Carthage founded in 814 BCE as a colony of the city-state of Tyre

In 650 BCE, Carthage plants a colony of its own

From around 539 BCE on, the Phoenician homeland was attacked and conquered by various empires (beginning with Persia)

Carthage was on its own…

From humble beginnings

When its mother city of Tyre was conquered:Many Phoenicians fled to CarthageCarthage’s numbers and status grewCarthage now assumed the role of Leader

Carthage used diplomacy, bribery, and violence to subdue all the other Phoenician colonies

One Colony… to rule them all

Hegemony

War against the Greeks

War against the Romans

Fall of Carthage