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According to the poet Virgil, Dido was the daughter and heir of the king of Tyre. After said king was assassinated by a rival king, Dido and a band of followers fled Tyre.
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Dido and her followers landed on the shores of Tunisia. She asked a local berber king for as much land "as she could cover with an oxhide." She had the hide cut into thin strips until it covered a hillside. This hill is the beginning of Carthage.
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Due to carthage being inbetween the greeks and the romans we had great influences from both of them.The base of our religion was derived for the levaint.The battlefield wasnt truly visited through new weapons but brutal tactics
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In this time, Carthage begins to make buckets of money and power, due to its powerful trade. Carthage in this era was a centre of trade and a grand city.
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The people of Ancient Carthage spoke Punic. Punic is a kind of Phoenician language. It is a Semetic language that originated in Carthaginians' original homeland of Phoenicia. They did not speak Latin like the Romans. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Carthage#Culture
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The Carthage religion is based off of the Phoenician religion which is a form of Polytheism. The supreme divine couple was Tanit and Ba'al Hammon. The goddess Astarte was very popular as well. Many scholars belief that the people of Carthage sacrificed children when times were rough to please the gods, and evidence supports it. However we can not say that that is fact. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Carthage
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Near the Anotonine Baths around two kilometers from the center of Carthage is this Punic Necropolis. Not the only one, actually there were many spread across the Medditeranean Sea. They believed in life after death. However, the reserved a seperate place for their dead that wouldn't mix with the living. The bodies were embalmed and put into Sarophagi which is a tomb.
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Carthage's trade supremacy gave it influence and power in the Mediterranian, and in the sixth century B.C, Carthage had become a dominant power.
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In this era, Carthage begins to have supreme influence over Sardinia, Malta, and the Balearic Islands. Carthage launched campaigns against Greek-held Sicily.
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In the first Punic War, Rome contested Carthage's power in a conflict mainly fought on the sea, but had small engagements and skirmishes on Sicily.
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Bal Saphon is a depiction of hadad the god of rain and storms.Which was acounted as a religious piece.This shows that their religion derives for phonecian.
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Carthage invents a way to make clear glass. It was clear because the sand in that part of Africa was different than the sand in other parts of the world. They were in Northen Africa around the coast. As opposed to the glass makers in the middle east.
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Before Hannibal could devise a solution to his inability to beseige Rome, he was called upon to leave Italy and return to Carthage. He was defeated in the battle of Zama, and without Hannibal, Carthage defeated.
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The general Hamilcar lead a Carthiginian campaign against Sicily, which was held by the Greek States. At Himera, Gelon of Syracuse defeated Hamilcar. Although their army was defeated, by this time they had near complete control of the Mediterrainian.
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When crossing the Alps Hannibal hit a stand still. Large limestone rocks stood in the path of his army. According to Livy, the Carthiginians used a technique known as Fire-Setting, where rock is heated, and then they poured vinegar on the rocks, making them brittle and easily broken. That was the closest thing to Breaking Bad for thousands of years.
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When Carthage was conquored and everyone was slaughtered because the Roman are jerks, the Punic religion died with Carthage. So sad :(
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Quinquereme Oftenly referred to as "the five" shows an advantage of the navy of the carthaginians. Although used by the Romans as well, the Carthaginians used the quinquereme to its full potential in battles across the mediterrainian.
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In 200 B.C, Conflict sparked again between the superpowers of Rome and Carthage. This time, Carthage was on the offensive, and much more fighting occured on land.
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In the very beginning of the Second Punic War, Hannibal lead a surprise invasion of Italy across the Alps. It was a treacherous joreney, but it paid off, and this surprise attack caught rome off gaurd. Unfortunately, Hannibal lacked supplies for a seige, and his army was mostly mercerenaries.
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The first use of North African Forest Elephants by Carthage was recorded in the Second Punic War. These elephants were used to awesome effects in the battles against Rome in Italy. These elephants were extrememly effective against the closely-grouped Roman Leigions.
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In the aftermath of the Second Punic War, Carthage had recovered nicely. Cato the Censor, a senator, said on every occasion that "Carthage must be destroyed!" This war was a Roman campaign to wipe out Carthage, and they succeded.
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During these short years, one of the greatest acheivments of Carthage happened. Although defeated in this war, Carthage's legacy was born in the bloodshed then.
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This was a part of religion.The idea of this was either religious or to keep the dead. The idea was believed to have been slander caused by the Rmans
