answersLogoWhite

0

For what purpose did the Phoenicians build Carthage?

Updated: 8/20/2019
User Avatar

Wiki User

9y ago

Best Answer

It was established as one of their trading stations in the western Mediterranean, and grew to be a powerful city-state in its own right

User Avatar

Wiki User

9y ago
This answer is:
User Avatar

Add your answer:

Earn +20 pts
Q: For what purpose did the Phoenicians build Carthage?
Write your answer...
Submit
Still have questions?
magnify glass
imp
Related questions

What is the name of a large port used by the Phoenicians?

Carthage Carthage


When did the Phoenicians establish Carthage?

cookies


What colony did the Phoenicians found?

Carthage.


Which home of the Phoenicians was in northern Africa?

Carthage.


When did the Phoenicians found Carthage?

About 800 BCE.


Where was the home of the Phoenicians in northern Africa?

Carthage.


What was the home of the Phoenicians in northern Africa?

Carthage.


What began as a Phoenicians colony?

Carthage, in today's Tunisia.


Who is the group of people who set up Carthage?

The Phoenicians.


Why did the Romans call Carthage punicia?

Punicus was their word for Phoenicians - Carthage was originally a Phoenician colony.


Who find the Carthage?

If you mean who founded Carthage, it was established by the Phoenicians, a seafaring people from present day Lebanon.


What were the Phoenicians major cities?

Tyre, Sidon, Carthage, Byblos.