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- Carthage (20744 bytes)
1: ...al [[Mediterranean Sea]], showing the location of Carthage (near modern [[Tunis]]). The map also shows [[Ita...
3: '''Carthage''' (from the [[Phoenician languages|Phoenician]] ...
5: ==Founding of Carthage==
6: In approximately [[814 BC]], Carthage was founded by [[Phoenicia|Phoenician]] settlers ...
8: ...he government, and during the [[6th century BC]], Carthage began to acquire dominance over the Western Medit...
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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
89: ...Red]], (c.950-1003), explored and colonized [[Greenland]]
90: ...ríksson]], (born 970), attempted to colonize [[Vinland]], discovered [[the Americas|America]]
127: *[[Hanno the Navigator]] - [[Carthage]]inian who travelled along the coast of [[Africa]...
131: ...ara Falls]] and the [[Saint Anthony Falls]] (the only [[waterfall]] on the [[Mississippi River|Mississ...
135: *[[Himilco the Navigator]], [[Carthage|Carthaginian]] navigator - Zenobia (1693 bytes)
4: '''Zenobia''' (or '''Xenobia''') is the name commonly used for the daughter of (= "''bat''" or "''bath...
6: ...ll as [[Dido]] (the supposed founding queen of [[Carthage]], according to the ''[[Aeneid]]'') and declared ... - Alexandria (28378 bytes)
3: ... civilization|Hellenistic]] world — second only to [[Rome]] in size and wealth throughout much o...
23: ...e silt thrown out by Nile mouths. An Egyptian townlet, Rhacotis, already stood on the shore and was a...
27: ...age]]; and for some centuries more it was second only to [[Rome]]. Nominally a free Greek city, Alexa...
29: It was not only a center of [[Hellenism]], but was also the grea...
44: ...s, the Soma and Museum, fallen to ruin. On the mainland, life seems to have centred in the vicinity of... - Africa (35389 bytes)
8: ...province)|province of Africa]] with its capital [[Carthage]], corresponding to modern-day [[Tunisia]].
12: ...rber]]—who dwelt in [[North Africa]] in the Carthage area;
26: ...e is shown by the fact that Europe, which covers only [[1 E12 m2|9,700,000 km<sup>2</sup>]] (3,760,000...
41: ... many [[colony|colonial]] nation states, leaving only two independent nations ([[Liberia]] and [[Ethio...
51: ...themselves crossing "borders" that often existed only on European maps. - Algeria (16548 bytes)
1: ...f that city's coast until becoming part of the mainland in [[1525]].
21: ...r]], [[French language|French unofficial but commonly used in administration]]
60: ...he Punic Wars to become independent of Carthage, only to be taken over soon after by the [[Roman Repub...
66: ...integral part of France, a status that would end only with the collapse of the [[Fourth Republic]]. Te...
165: ...ions are restricted to extremely small groups, mainly of foreigners. - Portugal (61755 bytes)
5: ...ians|Iberian]], [[Celt]]ic, [[Phoenicia]]n and [[Carthage|Carthaginian]], [[Greeks|Greek]], [[roman Empire...
17: ...out. Rome sent numerous legions, but success was only achieved by bribing Lusitanian officials to kill...
25: ...Moors]] (mainly [[Berber]] with some [[Arab]], mainly expelled after the [[Christian]] reconquest or [...
31: ...g Ferdinand]] was dying with no male heirs. His only child, a single daughter, married King [[John I ...
42: ... ''feitoria'' (a trading post) for commerce with inland Africa thus, circumventing the Arab [[caravan]... - Ancient Rome (25155 bytes)
21: ...ame when [[Tarentum]], a major [[Greek]] colony, enlisted the aid of [[Pyrrhus of Epirus]] in [[282 BC...
23: ...lf of the [[3rd century BC]], Rome clashed with [[Carthage]] in the first two [[Punic wars]], conquering [[S...
63: ...mong gods and humans. Gods were not personified, unlike in [[Ancient Greece]]. Romans also believed th...
85: ...sses was forbidden and the patrician title could only be inherited, not earned. During the [[Roman Rep...
93: ...nts were also part of the household. Romans certainly did not see the family as we of the suburban Wes... - Tennessee (19096 bytes)
39: ...ge named "Tanasqui" in [[1567]] while travelling inland from [[South Carolina]]. European settlers lat...
50: ...orders of North Carolina and extending them with only one small deviation to the [[Mississippi River]]...
52: Tennessee was the only state that seceded from the Union that did not h...
77: ...nnessee lies adjacent to 8 other states, matched only by Missouri which also borders 8 states. Tenness...
95: ...onal income was $28,641, 36th in the nation, and only 91% of the national per capita personal income o... - Agathocles (2843 bytes)
9: War with [[Carthage]] followed. In [[311 BC]] Agathocles was [[siege|...
11: ...e island more firmly than ever. Peace treaty with Carthage left him in control of Sicily east of the
12: ...said to have been contemplating a fresh attack on Carthage at the time of his death. - Alcibiades (7778 bytes)
20: ...wed by that of [[Peloponnesus]] and possibly of [[Carthage]] (though this seems to have been an afterthought...
22: ...[[Herma|hermai]], and Alcibiades was accused not only of being the originator of the crime, but also o...
26: ...n his absence and his property confiscated, he openly joined the Spartans, and persuaded them to send ... - Andriscus (1181 bytes)
5: His conquest of [[Thessaly]] and alliance with [[Carthage]] made the situation dangerous. Eventually he wa... - Pyrrhus of Epirus (7425 bytes)
19: ...s in [[Sicily]] asked him to come and drive out [[Carthage]] (with Rome, one of the two great powers in the ...
23: ...ndly relations were established, he demanded that Carthage abandon all Sicily and make the Libyan Sea a boun... - Pytheas (6447 bytes)
4: ...ha;νου). It has not survived; only excerpts remain, quoted or paraphrased by later ...
8: ...kade, he may have stuck close to land and sailed only at night. It is also possible he took advantage ...
12: ... made a drink out of [[cereal|grain]] and honey. Unlike the people from southern Europe, they had [[ba...
14: ... sleep, and he noted that the night in Thule was only two to three hours. One day further north the co...
25: ...f information to later periods, and possibly the only source. The astronomical author [[Geminus of Rho... - Punic Wars (1179 bytes)
1: ...ient Rome|Rome]] and the [[Phoenicia]]n city of [[Carthage]]. They are known as the "Punic" Wars because Rom...
3: ...e conclusion of the third war, Rome had conquered Carthage's entire empire and razed the city itself to the ...
7: ...BC]] - [[146 BC]]) resulted in the destruction of Carthage. - Byzantine Empire (29975 bytes)
59: ...ear the borderlands, the [[Armenians]] being the only sizeable one.
78: ...he western half of the empire, but at best could only demand tribute from the eastern half. [[Theodosi...
84: ... in [[751]], leaving the Byzantines with control only of small areas around the toe and heel of Italy.
104: ...ly in 1071, and the [[Seljuk Turks]], who were mainly interested in defeating [[Egypt]] under the [[Fa...
118: ...re appealed to the west for help, but they would only consider sending aid in return for reuniting the... - Classical antiquity (3940 bytes)
13: ...Roman architecture than Greek. Still, one needs only to look at [[Washington, DC]] to see a city fill...
32: *[[Carthage]] - Christianity (47078 bytes)
14: ...generally believe that faith in [[Jesus]] is the only way to achieve salvation and to enter into [[hea...
41: ...e temples of your gods." (Apologeticus written at Carthage, ca. [[197]])
45: ... organization the Christian church had to deal mainly with occasional, but sometimes severe persecutio...
54: This was only the first of several [[ecumenical council|ecumen...
58: ...us Christus]]'' (Christ alone—is Jesus the only mediator between humanity and God, or do the Chu... - Pope Fabian (2703 bytes)
10: ...e was highly esteemed by [[Cyprian]], bishop of [[Carthage]]; [[Novatian]] refers to his ''nobilissima memor... - Pope Innocent I (2364 bytes)
5: ... province of [[proconsular]] [[Africa]] held in [[Carthage]] in [[416]], which had been sent to him, and als... - Pope Zosimus (7180 bytes)
10: ...ps Hero and [[Lazarus]]. Archbishop [[Aurelius of Carthage]] quickly called a synod, which sent a letter to ...
12: ...t title, while the African manuscripts contained only the genuine canons of Nicaea, so that the canon ...
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