2012, ISBN: 1156819407

[EAN: 9781156819401], Neubuch, [PU: Books LLC, Wiki Series, United States], Language: English. Brand new Book. Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles ava… More...

[EAN: 9781156819401], Neubuch, [PU: Books LLC, Wiki Series, United States], Language: English. Brand new Book. Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 53. Chapters: Tertullian, Selinunte, Termini Imerese, History of Carthage, Himera, Ancient Carthage, Jean Emile Humbert, Carthage National Museum, Pantelleria, Salammbo, Motya, Utica, Tunisia, Saint Louis Cathedral, Carthage, Cabiria, Battle of Carthage, Carthaginian Iberia, Carthago delenda est, Punic language, Kerkouane, Hundred and Four, Temple of Antas, Abelox, Shophet, Shofet, Byrsa, Necropolis of Monte Luna, Carthage Paleo-Christian Museum, Naraggara. Excerpt: The study of the history of Carthage is often problematic. Due to the subjugation of the civilization by the Romans at the end of the Third Punic War, very few Carthaginian historical primary sources survive. There are a few ancient translations of Punic texts into Greek and Latin, as well as inscriptions on monuments and buildings discovered in North Africa. However, the majority of available primary source material about Carthaginian civilization was written by Greek and Roman historians, such as Livy, Polybius, Appian, Cornelius Nepos, Silius Italicus, Plutarch, Dio Cassius, and Herodotus. These authors came from cultures which were nearly always in competition, and often in conflict, with Carthage. The Greeks contested with Carthage for Sicily, for instance, and the Romans fought the Punic Wars against Carthage. Inevitably the accounts of Carthage written by outsiders include significant bias. Recent excavation of ancient Carthaginian sites has brought much more primary material to light. Some of these finds contradict or confirm aspects of the traditional picture of Carthage, but much of the material is still ambiguous. Carthage was one of a number of Phoenician settlements in the western Mediterranean that was created to facilitate trade from the cities of Sidon, Tyre and others from Phoenicia, which was situated in the coast of what is now Syria, Lebanon and.<

2011, ISBN: 1156819407

Kartoniert / Broschiert TRAVEL / Europe / Italy, mit Schutzumschlag neu, [PU:Books LLC, Reference Series]

2011, ISBN: 1156819407

Kartoniert / Broschiert TRAVEL / Europe / Italy, mit Schutzumschlag 11, [PU:Books LLC, Reference Series]

2011, ISBN: 1156819407

Kartoniert / Broschiert TRAVEL / Europe / Italy, with dust cover neu, [PU:Books LLC, Reference Series]

2011, ISBN: 1156819407

Kartoniert / Broschiert TRAVEL / Europe / Italy, Protège-cahier neu, [PU:Books LLC, Reference Series]