Claim: Carthage was far from Tunisia.
Evidence: Phoenician immigration began in the 12th century BC ; these immigrants founded Carthage.
Carthage -LRB- -LSB- ˈkɑrθᵻdʒ -RSB- , from Carthāgō -LSB- ð $ ' ð $ `` ð $ • ð $ ð $ ð $ '' ð $ • , Qart-ḥadašt , New City -RSB- -RRB- was the centre or capital city of the ancient Carthaginian civilization , on the eastern side of the Lake of Tunis in what is now the Tunis Go	Carthaginian civilization	Ancient Carthage	Lake of Tunis	Lake of Tunis
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