Phoenicia
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The Phoenicians were an ancient Semitic-speaking people who inhabited city-states in Canaan along the Levantine coast of the eastern Mediterranean, primarily in present-day Lebanon. Their maritime civ
Approximate extent of Phoenician settlements and trade routes c. 800 BC.
Two bronze fragments from an Assyrian palace gate depicting the collection of tribute from the Phoenician cities of Tyre and Sidon (859–824 BC). British Museum.
Phoenicians build pontoon bridges for Xerxes I of Persia during the second Persian invasion of Greece in 480 BC (1915 drawing by A. C. Weatherstone).
Achaemenid-era coin of Abdashtart I of Sidon, who is seen at the back of the chariot, behind the Persian King
Carthage
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Carthage was an ancient city in northern Africa founded by the legendary Phoenician queen Dido on the eastern side of the Lake of Tunis in what is now Tunisia. Carthage was one of the most important t
Phoenicia
…Canaanite religion Demonym Phoenicians Government City-states ruled by kings, with varying degrees of oligarchy or plutocracy; oligarchic republic in Carthage after c. 480 BC Major kings of Phoenician cities • c. 1800 BC Abishemu I • 969–936 BC Hiram I • 820–774 BC Pygmalion of Tyre Historical era Archaic…
Modern reconstruction of Punic Carthage. The Cothon port at the front houses the circular military port of Carthage, where all of Carthage's warships (Biremes) were anchored.
Punic ruins in Byrsa
Archaeological Site of Carthage
Archaeological Site of Carthage