They were the Phoenicians.
Carthage.
It was a trading colony of the Phoenician city-state of Tyre.
Tyre established it s a trading colony in the Western Mediterranean.
They traded throughout the Mediterranean and established a trading colony there, which grew into an independent city-state.
Phoenicia - the Levant. Carthage - today's Tunisia.
Carthage and its colony New Carthage.
Colony is the political unit. This was in Carthage.
The Phoenician established a colony at Carthage in Tunisia which became a prominent power in the western Mediterranean. They also established trading stations/colonies around the Mediterranean and Black Seas, and in Babylon.
Tyre as Homebase and Carthage as a Military base and Colony
Carthage is located on the continent of Africa.
Carthage.
it was prodomintaly created for trading, but also for religious freedom.