Ancient Carthage

Summary

Ancient Carthage is a historical country^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.71% of historical_country entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,149 views/month, #11 of 1,549).^[2]

Key Facts

• Ancient Carthage's image is recorded as Tanit Symbol.svg^[3].
• Ancient Carthage's continent is recorded as Africa^[4].
• Ancient Carthage's instance of is recorded as historical country^[5].
• Ancient Carthage's instance of is recorded as ancient civilization^[6].
• Ancient Carthage's instance of is recorded as city-state^[7].
• Ancient Carthage's instance of is recorded as empire^[8].
• Ancient Carthage's capital is recorded as Carthage^[9].
• Ancient Carthage's official language is recorded as Punic^[10].
• Ancient Carthage's currency is recorded as Carthaginian currency^[11].
• Ancient Carthage's founder is recorded as Dido^[12].
• Ancient Carthage's basic form of government is recorded as monarchy^[13].
• Ancient Carthage's basic form of government is recorded as oligarchy^[14].
• Ancient Carthage's follows is recorded as Phoenicia^[15].
• Ancient Carthage's followed by is recorded as Africa^[16].
• Ancient Carthage's followed by is recorded as Sicilia^[17].
• Ancient Carthage's followed by is recorded as Hispania^[18].
• Ancient Carthage's followed by is recorded as Mauretania^[19].
• Ancient Carthage's legislative body is recorded as Punic Senate^[20].
• Ancient Carthage's locator map image is recorded as CarthageMap.png^[21].
• Ancient Carthage's locator map image is recorded as Mediterranean at 218 BC-en.svg^[22].
• Ancient Carthage's locator map image is recorded as Mediterranean at 218 BC-sr.svg^[23].
• Ancient Carthage's Commons category is recorded as Carthaginian civilization^[24].
• -0814-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Ancient Carthage^[25].
• Ancient Carthage was dissolved in -0146-00-00T00:00:00Z^[26].
• Ancient Carthage's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 36.84391668, 'lon': 10.32644723}^[27].

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Founding

Ancient Carthage's founder is recorded as Dido^[12]. -0814-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of it^[25].

Identity

Ancient Carthage's follows is recorded as Phoenicia^[15]. Successors include Africa^[16], Sicilia^[17], Hispania^[18], and Mauretania^[19].

Dissolution

Ancient Carthage was dissolved in -0146-00-00T00:00:00Z^[26].

Why It Matters

Ancient Carthage ranks in the top 0.71% of historical_country entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,149 views/month, #11 of 1,549).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 40 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]