Hannibal, although he never completed his mission of destroying the romans, he knew how to achieve victory but not how to use it.
They were not - Assyria gained an empire by conquest, the Carthaginian empire was a trading one.
Carthaginian Empire
It was a trading empire in the Western Mediterranean.
It was a trading empire, and they were very good at trade.
Its trading empire.
Yes it was
Hannibal Barca .
First Millennium BCE.
Carthage.
The Carthaginian empire and the Roman empire have both covered those regions.
Trade, prosperity, security.
The Ebro River.