Ancient Carthage
Phoenician city-state and empire
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Summary
Ancient Carthage is a historical country[1]. It ranks in the top 0.71% of historical country entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (22,979 views/month, #11 of 1,549).[2]
Key Facts
- Continent: Africa[3]
- Instance of: ancient civilization[4], city-state[5], empire[6]
- Capital: Carthage[7]
- Official language: Punic[8]
- Currency: Carthaginian currency[9]
- Founder: Dido[10]
- Basic form of government: monarchy[11], oligarchy[12]
- Follows: Phoenicia[13]
- Followed by: Africa[14], Sicilia[15], Hispania[16], Mauretania[17]
- Legislative body: Punic Senate[18]
- Commons category: Carthaginian civilization[19]
- Inception: 814 BC[20]
- Dissolved, abolished or demolished date: 146 BC[21]
- Coordinate location: 36.84391668, 10.32644723[22]
- Topic's main category: Category:Carthaginian civilization[23]
- Population: 400,000[24]
- Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[25], Sytin Military Encyclopedia[26], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[27], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[28], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[29], Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[30], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[31]
- Replaced by: Africa[32]
- Native label: 𐤒𐤓𐤕𐤟𐤇𐤃𐤔𐤕[33]
- Different from: Carthage[34], history of Carthage[35]
- Office held by head of state: Shophet[36]
- Language used: Punic[37]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[38]
- Category for the view of the item: Category:Views of Carthage[39]
Why It Matters
Ancient Carthage has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] It is known by 67 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]