West Asia and North Africa · Kingdom

Carthage and the Punic Mediterranean

Traditional foundation 814 BCE-146 BCE · North African Mediterranean coast

A Phoenician-founded North African city developed distinct Punic institutions, farming and maritime power before Rome destroyed it in the Third Punic War.

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How the setting appeared

Harbors, walls, temples, workshops, houses and intensively farmed hinterlands occupied the Gulf of Tunis.

Agent citation CIT-UNESCO-CARTHAGECIT-MET-ASSYRIA-IBERIACIT-UNESCO-TYRE Setting and material context · 3 registered source URLs · registration is not semantic proof · audit HEM-AUDIT-20260812

How people lived

Punic-speaking citizens, neighboring Amazigh communities, traders, enslaved people and migrants participated in unequal urban and rural systems. Greek and Roman narratives must be checked against Punic inscriptions and archaeology.

Agent citation CIT-UNESCO-CARTHAGECIT-MET-ASSYRIA-IBERIACIT-UNESCO-TYRE Lifeways and community · 3 registered source URLs · registration is not semantic proof · audit HEM-AUDIT-20260812

How people worked

Shipping, shipbuilding, cereal and orchard agriculture, metalwork, pottery, textiles, salt production and written administration connected the city with its hinterland and overseas settlements.

Agent citation CIT-UNESCO-CARTHAGECIT-MET-ASSYRIA-IBERIACIT-UNESCO-TYRE Work, tools and exchange · 3 registered source URLs · registration is not semantic proof · audit HEM-AUDIT-20260812

Belief, ritual and worship

Punic inscriptions attest vows and dedications to deities including Baal Hammon and Tanit. The age profile, rites and meaning of human and animal remains in tophets remain actively debated.

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World-atlas stage: Iron Age networks
Region: Africa · North African Mediterranean coast
Languages and scripts: Punic, descended from Phoenician; Punic consonantal alphabet; Ancient Libyco-Berber languages and scripts; Greek in wider exchange
Important people: Hanno in textual traditions; Hamilcar Barca; Hannibal Barca; Punic farmers and sailors
Events and changes: Growth of Carthaginian authority and Punic settlements; First and Second Punic Wars; Hannibal's campaign in Italy; Roman destruction of Punic Carthage in 146 BCE
Evidence confidence: High for the city, wars and inscriptions; medium for early chronology and contested ritual interpretations.

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Historical geography

A dated anchor, not an exact border

The local map uses modern coastlines only for orientation. The marker identifies this record's geographic anchor, not the full reach of a community or polity.

Map geometry loads only when requested. Modern outlines are orientation only; historical geography and identities changed through time.

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Evidence register

Guides used for this record

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CIT-UNESCO-CARTHAGE

Archaeological Site of Carthage

https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/37/

UNESCO World Heritage Centre

CIT-MET-ASSYRIA-IBERIA

Assyria to Iberia: Art and Culture in the Iron Age

https://resources.metmuseum.org/resources/metpublications/pdf/Assyria_to_Iberia_Art_and_Culture_in_the_Iron_Age.pdf

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

CIT-UNESCO-TYRE

Tyre

https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/299/

UNESCO World Heritage Centre

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