The Carthaginians
Series: Peoples of the Ancient World; Peoples of the Ancient World
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Hoboken
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource]
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780203851326
Description: Beginning as Phoenician settlers in North Africa, the Carthaginians then broadened their civilization with influences from neighbouring North African people, Egypt, and the Greek world. This title reveals this complex, multicultural and innovative people whose achievements left an indelible impact on their Roman conquerors and on history.
Notes: Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Book cover; title; copyright; contents; acknowledgements; maps; illustrations; sources of images; chronological table; sources of knowledge; i the phoenicians in the west; ii carthage: foundation and growth; iii state and government; iv the carthaginian 'sea empire'; v traders and landowners: carthaginian society; vi the cityscape of carthage; vii religion and cultural life; viii carthage in africa; ix carthage at war: sicily; x the first war with rome, and after; xi the new empire and hannibal; xii revival and destruction; xiii carthage in history; notes; select bibliography; index.