Ancient Carthage

Phoenician city-state and empire
Organization historical_country Q2429397
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Ancient Carthage was an ancient civilization founded in 814 BC . It existed as a major power in the Mediterranean region for several centuries. The civilization ultimately came to an end when it was dissolved in 146 BC .

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].

Body

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]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  9. [11] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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