Carthage was first founded as a trading post in the year of 814 BC. Carthage was founded by the Phoenician Princess Elyssa-Dido on a peninsula from Africa which extends into the Mediterranean Sea. According to legend Elyssa_Dido fled from her brother Pygmalion‚ the king of Tyre‚ after he killed her husband. The post benefited from the vast market for the goods that it traded and grew in importance quickly. It first had warehouses in which raw metals and finished metal products which the
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Question: Assess the aftermath and impact that the first Opium War had on China Essay: The First Opium War fought between Britain and China from 1839-1842 was a clash between two vastly different cultures‚ one struggling to control trade rights‚ and the other desperate to limit the impact of foreign trade upon the local population. The war changed the way China acted towards its foreign counterparts‚ exposed the weaknesses of the Chinese feudal system and forcefully opened-up China to the rest
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The second punic war marks the peak of Roman power. It was the first time they were vulnerable‚ but it was also the last time. Hannibal took the fight to Rome’s land instead of waiting for the Roman to come. Although Hannibal came very close to bring Rome down to their knees‚ he still couldn’t do the impossible and Rome‚ at the end‚ still triumphed. And that’s Rome first step into what we know about them now‚ an ancient super power. Let’s talk about the casualty. The Second Punic War had a total
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an overseas empire that brought untold wealth and power to Rome. Rome expanded beyond the borders of Italy by conquering much of the Mediterranean region‚ including fighting a series of three wars (Punic Wars‚ McKay et al.‚ p. 151) with a fierce Mediterranean rival‚ the Carthaginians. The Second Punic War was a major turning point for Rome and its continued overseas expansion. The Romans drove the Carthaginians out of Spain‚ and then attacked Carthage itself. The Romans‚ led by Scipio Africanus
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well known or rich. He was still a child when his sisters married‚ and his brothers-in-law were close associates during his father ’s struggles in the Mercenary War and the Punic conquest of Iberia. To better understand Hannibal’s rise to greatness one needs to look into his father’s history. After Carthage ’s defeat in the First Punic War‚ Hamilcar set out to improve his family ’s and Carthage ’s fortunes. With that in mind and supported by Gades‚ Hamilcar began the subjugation of the tribes of
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pounds of armour‚ weapons and supplies. Rome considered Carthage a threat to its allies in southern Italy and to the supply of grain in the island of Sicily. The series of wars that Rome fought with Carthage were called the Punic Wars. (Punic Wars‚ n.d.) Rome began the war with a stronger army for it could
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Carthage vs. Rome Carthage and Rome are very similar in some ways‚ the origin of both of them are almost lost in the clouds of tradition. Rome and Carthage were both had big ambitions‚ they wanted to conquer more countries and expand their dominion‚ to be supreme in Mediterranean. The origin of Cartage was lost‚ all we knew is that Phoenicians from Tyre settled there‚ and the territory was acquired from native Africa. The governments in Cartage and Rome were similar outwardly. There were two
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city-states of the first major civilization of Sumer . From approximately 2000 B.C.E two Mediterranean civilizations‚ Greece and Rome dominated the region Sometime around 1900 B.C.E.‚ the cities of the IndusValley were abandoned‚ for reasons that remain unknown today By around 1700 B.C.E.‚ the civilization had been completely over thrown‚ however‚ it’s conquerors adopted many Sumerian traditions and technologies . The Akkadians major contribution was they developed the first known code of laws
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When Carthage actually took Sicily‚ the Romans responded by building ships and starting a Navy from scratch. This led to the start of the first Punic War and Carthage was defeated in BC 241. In BC 218‚ Hannibal went to war with Rome once again – invading Northern Italy from Spain and enjoying a number of victories before being defeated in North Africa in the year BC 202. Carthage was now heavily indebted to Rome‚ both giving them
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base was in northern Africa. Eventually‚ these two powers would clash in what is known as the Punic wars. In this paper‚ we trace their rivalries‚ wars and ultimate dominance of one over the other. According to Morey W.C‚ Rome and Carthage emerged as competing for naval and economic powers on opposite sides of the Mediterranean Sea fighting each other for over a 100 years in the Punic battles‚ which were to ‘decide the fate of Rome
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