@@KingsandGenerals please do on pre islamic battles like halimas birthday, anthagar bin shadd , the sikh empire , king porus Battle of Buath Battle of Shi'b Jabala, Shapur II's Arab campaign Siege of Sanaa ,Battle of Hadhramaut etc please
this channel is very good to great civilizations that are not covered as much. They have an entire playlist for both the early muslim caliphates and the ottoman empire. Many important histories are buried under the over-analyzation over why rome had some kind of shin-guards instead of digging for these other great nations. I hope that more channels like kings and generals spring up to change this.
The Phoenicians and Carthaginians Paved the way for ancient western civilization (Greeks and Romans) to flourish. An absolutely underrated ancient civilization.
@@thelegendaryarrox5559 let's hope we found some carthaginian library hidden somewhere in the ground .. cuz carthaginians were under siege for 3 years it's possible that they have hidden some books
The amount of expeditions the Phoenicians did almost makes you wonder how much of the world they would've explored and discovered if they had won against Rome during the 2 Punic wars
I think that by this point the Phoenecians were on the decline. Carthage seems to have solidified itself as it's own entity and was more concerned with hegemony than trade and exploration. In all, if Carthage won I feel we would have had Rome 2.0 with punic replacing latin in most things.
@@talyn3932 them losing was definitely due to their inability to adapt as quickly as the Romans had. In an alternative scenario, reforms might've been carried out that mitigated that lack of speed, probably through trying to find new lands to settle and resources to trade with. I imagine they might've thought since China and the Indian states existed, there had to be other unknown lands/powers they could explore and that would motivate them to develop as quickly as Rome had.
@@Artwolf007 Rome didn't develop that quickly though. It took centuries to build up. It may have been that Rome was more adaptable in the conflict... but not overall. Rome had very long periods of stagnation with intermittent bursts of progress.
@@Artwolf007 them loosing was due to Hannibal’s enemies in the Carthaginian senate , literally did everything but send Hannibal reinforcements to deliver the final blow
I'm Costa Rican, and I live in the oldest city in the country named "Cartago" wich has the same in latin as Carthage, the city was found by Juan Vazquez de Coronado. The people that started the first european settlement came from Cadiz, a city in Spain that was first founded by the phoenicians from Tyre. No wonder they named this City "Cartago". I just made that connection, thanks to this documentary! Thank you very much!!!
Excellent job. My 11 year old brother was just about to learn about the foundation of Carthage in school. Both he and I were very excited to see this video. Keep covering ancient history please. By the way, I loved the new animation.
I actually come from a village close to Byblos (Lebanon), I was waiting for quite a while for K&G to cover the Phoenicians, it is interesting to mention that Byblos was probably the first city where alphabet was created (discovered), which laid the foundation for the Roman alphabet layer on in history. Kinda sad how much we regressed as a civilization, hopefully one day the area will be prosperous as before..
@@R3LAX94 i like how you assume their ethnicity and knowledge. How do you know if they’re not both arab and semitic in ethnicity? There’s been over 1000 years of potential admixture between the ethnicities. He speaks of modern Lebanon, which territorially is where Phoenicians were. But keep making yourself look foolish with your massive assumptions! Im sure you make yourself appear intelligent in your head. Would be even more funny if he was literally Semitic, since he never mentioned ethnicities, or which one he was. He merely mentioned being near an ancient city, and for all you know, he could have ancestors in the region since antiquity
@@Stephan1988 false… Arabs progressed unparalleled, only after their abrahamic religion… from unlettered bedouins to learned empires stretching 3 continents and stayed like that until colonialism…
Wonderful video! We normally only hear of Carthage in the context of its epic struggles against Rome. It's fascinating to learn more of the early days of the city state.
This channel never ceases to amaze. Carthage never gets the attention Rome gets so I was hooked from start to finish. Can't wait for the rest of the series.
I love Rome beyond my life but sometimes when i really think about Carthage and how different world would be, was it for Carthage winning Punic wars, it makes me wonder :)
I could not be more excited that there is a possibility for an actual Carthage series. Please Kings and Generals, be as amazing as you always are and do them justice.
it's truly incredible to see what i've always been tought in school about how carthage started, being a descendent of the carthagians (Tunisian), and the fact that Lebanese people and Tunisians till this day have a lot of similarities and they are seen quite unique among other arab countries make a lot of sens now !!
As a Tunisian, I love the amount of details you worked on in this video .. I have learned so much already..we're surrounded by monuments left by Carthage ..there's an entire city in the north west of Tunisia where the ruins still stand .. and the second biggest colosseum in the world is in Tunisia..Bardo museum in the capital holds one of the largest collections of roman mosaics in the world ..All of that rich history fascinates me
There are little remains of Punic era most of Carthage remains are from the Roman era unfortunately because Rome burned the city after the third Punic war and then rebuild it as a Roman city
Since the Canaanite name of "Sur" was mentioned for Tyre and "Qart Hadasht" for Carthage I think it would have been cool & consistent to provide other known Canaanite city & colony names as well on the map (at minimum in brackets anyhow). I've spent some time looking into it and there are a lot of names we know or can reasonably assess, that however never appear in popculture with Roman and Greek exonyms standing in (and sometimes being mistaken for) their names.
QART in phonecian language , qaryat in arabic or hebrew = village . HADASHT in phonecian, arabic = haditha and it means NEW. carthage means in modern language NEW CITY.
@@user-Bn8hG6gftrsh perhaps their language had semetic influences then due to their location being next to semetic countries. I mean they even lived next to Soloman (peace be upon him) the king of Israel, it makes sense their language was similar in some ways to arabic and hebrew.
"A dominant power in the region" that's nearly an understatement lol. I always disliked how people know so much about Rome but little of Carthage who were there equal for so long.
Carthage held some colonies in Catalogna, Sicily, Sardinia and costal Magreb but it wasn't by any mean a structured dominium therefore it can't be compared to the Roman Republic.
I absolutely adore this episode but if I’m not mistaken you guys made a video about to Bosporan Kingdom of Greek Colonists. I was hoping you would continue that series before delving into Phoenician colonies. Is there any chance you’ll make a video about the founding history culture and civilization of Syracuse, Massalia, Cyrene or the Ionian Coast?
Being portuguese, i relate to the Phoenicians and Carthaginians and how they essentially expanded and grew an ´empire´ of widespread colonies from a tiny homeland, by non-agressive approach to the local populations and how they eventually kind of colonised them, through seafaring and commercial strategy. Since childhood i was amazed, firstly, by Hamilcar and Hannibal´s incredible war campaigns in Sicily, the ´Mercenaries War´, the conquest of Iberia and the jaw-dropping 17-year Hannibal´s campaign in Italy, where he killed over 300.000 roman soldiers in battle and razed near 400 settlements...crossing the Alps with just 26.000 soldiers and 37 war elephants. Still today, i wonder what he would have done with real support from Carthage itself. I advise reading Polybius original transcripts (amazingly well written and detailed). But then i learnt about the incredible scientific and seafaring capabilities of the Phoenicians and Carthaginians and it got me even more interested since they were among the first to colonize my homeland too. Its greatly satisfying to see all these information done in such great videos. Well done!
Hannibal never could have killed enough. The Italian peninsula had the deepest levy pool other than ofc the Han who were a whole level about Italy in terms of potential reserves. His whole strategy failed not bc of Carthage but bc he failed to appreciate the stranglehold Rome had on all of Italy. He thought he could beat them down a bit and their allies would abandon them but only parts of the South did (being only recently conquered). He wasted a whole decade in Italy instead of being valuable in Spain. The only chance Carthage had was to win the First Punic War and they fumbled two clear chances when Rome lost its entire navy. Land in Italy and force terms. Once they lost they never had a chance to break Rome but they could have ended the 2nd war in a much stronger position if Hannibal had changed his main strategy once he saw north/central Italy close its doors to him.
@@geordiejones5618 After Cannae, Hannibal immediately sent his brother Mago to Carthage, along with large spoils of war including the rings of thousands of fallen roman officials in Cannae, which he layed on the Carthaginian Senate and literally begged them to send reinforcements. Hannibal wanted to end the war and not wander around in open field as you say. He was perfectly aware of the 750.000 manpool at Rome's army disposal. He needed a bigger army to lay siege on Rome and conquer central Italy, and keep control of the newly conquered South. His recent Celtic allied tribes in the North were giving all sorts of troubles to roman forces there, wiping 2 entire legions sent there after Cannae. Carthage sent him none. Hanno, who controlled the Senate, and hated or feared the Barcas, replied "if he is doing so well why does he need more troops". Barcid followers eventually gathered 4.000 numidians and some elephants and shipped them to Italy. Hanno and the Senate instead sent a large army to Iberia to take control of operations from Hannibal's other brother, Hasdrubal, who was actually managing to hold Iberia and its net of iberian allies against the roman forces there. As expected, Iberian tribes held allegiance to the Barcas and all sorts of problems started. Another large forces were sent by Hanno to Sicily, Sardinia and there are accounts of the largest fleet ever assembled of around 500 ships shipwrecking in another botched invasion off the coasts of Corsega. Hannibal indeed resorted to wander around in open field still managing to defeat roman consular armies and trying to swerve italian tribes to his side, which he also achieved, but he had no other option while waiting for serious reinforcements. In a last attempt he even appealed to King Hieronymous of Sicily and King Philip of Macedonia who sided with him but never really sent real help too. A tragic fate, but still one of the greatest military campaigns of all time.
@@HeAndrRoiz The context here is vs the roman way. Being portuguese yourself, you probably heard how romans conquered Iberia and Lusitania in particular. Specially that one time (among many) where the roman general Galba, promised some 30.000 lusitanians to not attack if they layed down their weapons. What followed was a full genocide including women and children. Then came Viriato's historical campaign but that deserves a full new video i hope. I was comparing our ways compared to the usual full scale invasions/divide and conquer/ genocidal roman ways. Even so, the portuguese (and all Christian european nations) "Era dos Descobrimentos" born out of necessity to find alternative commercial routes to the Ottoman empire control of the usual trade routes through the Middle East. Of course we were expecting battles in the Indian ocean once we found the maritimal ways to India and beyond. Our caravels and cannons were far more advanced than the Ottomans and did spectacularly well, leading to the growth eastwards. But again, in context, and even comparing to other european nations we were very 'friendly' conquerors. See Spain conquests in south America for example compared to Brazil. I travel a lot to southeast Asia and i always heard great things about portuguese and how we were the first ones to get there and with trade in mind, including japanese and chinese people. What bad reputation you talking about?
@@pedlitu no, pedro. no. you don't get to larp as "peaceful Phoenician". Portuguese were nearly as genocidal and enslaving as other people. now you can enjoy being irrelevant in silence.
Qart-Hadasht apparently literally means "New City". What we know as "Carthago Nova" was actually called "Qart-Hadasht" as well. So, make sure you can tell "New City, Iberia" and "New City, Africa" appart!
I have little confused with Carthago nova literally meaning the new of new city or the newest city or maybe the fresh latest new city from us/Phoenician?
This is so amazing, and reminds me of all the research I did with Carthage and Phoenicia's history way back. Very informative and captivating!! Also, I'd like to add a little tidbit to the video that Pygmalion also had another name, which was most likely referred to as Pummayaton. And in Sardinia, a victory monument - the Nora Stone - was found there, which inscribed a battle between the Phoenicians and natives of Sardinia, which the Phoenicians under Pummayaton won the battle. And that Phoenician Cedar was highly prized among the ancient world, and especially with the Egyptians, because it was most suited for building sturdier ships, unlike the trees found in Egypt which were acacia, which were too brittle for shipbuilding. I also recall reading a letter where Phoenician Cedar was also traded to build the Temple of Solomon (If I remember, I think it was 1,200 portions of Phoenician wood). Phoenician history is truly fascinating.
Carthage is a topic I've been interested ever since I heard about Hannibal. Looking forward to watching it as soon as I have time. Thank you Kings and Generals Team!
Yes, gotta love some Carthaginian content. My favorite faction in OG Rome: Total War. Their origins from Canaan was a nice touch. Speaking of Canaan, perhaps in the future a video/series on the Canaanite city-states with topics like their chariot nobility called the Maryannu and the Habiru warbands so prominent in the Amarna letters. Perhaps lead to how modern historians and archeologists view the origin of the Hebrew kingdoms that followed them and compare biblical tradition to something more grounded to what Ancient Israel may have been.
Those islands are more likely the islands off the coast of Galicia, in Northwestern Spain (also very rich in tin) rather than the british isles. Most experts believe this is the case. It has been proven that extensive commerce of Tin happened in Galicia at that period.
Its a heartfelt and sincere request of mine to the creator(s) of the videos on this channel. Can you please do an entire series on ancient and medieval history of the Middle East. Its so exciting and vibrant and truly a crade of human civilization and development. As a history student with particular interest in the region I would love a full blown series of like 100+ episodes showing every kingdom, every battle and evolution of the region. Thank you.
Iron from the island of Elba. The same Elba that Napoleon was exiled to in 1814 this is making me geek out. Also I have been to Cadiz, Spain this is a really cool video
I’m a huge history nerd, trial attorney…and I really love and respect your show- esoecythisevaboutvsttateguc Roman victories…keep posting videos you do a great job!!
Thank you!!! Loved this. This area along with the steppe people have long fascinated me. I am in awe of ancient man's courage. I get nervous on a boat. Imagine the fears and dread of doing so in antiquity. Our schools should teach more of this.
@@jmwilliamsart he talks about the civilization not the city As a city not at all How the people lived there the architecture the system is very different
I have a theory that, while monarchies are the primary and dominant form of government throughout history, Republics were the occult or recurring government. Showing up with regularity in spite of its rarity, and not always clearly recognized.
@@bossenes5020 neither was Carthage, Carthaginiens dominated the Mediterranean trade and through it spread their levantine culture but never built a dominion. Venice did the same in the Adriatic and Aegean sea, nothing more nothing less.
congratulations for the work and content of the video, I hope there is a continuation of the Greco Punishment Wars, or a series on the Punic Wars, and the development of Carthaginian civilization.
The Phoenicians were also the ones to introduce grape cultivization to Iberia, an ancient shipwreck was been found in the Mediteranean with small grape plants meant to bring towards new territories
it seems like they did so much, I hate how most places would rather cover what kind of way romans would use the bathroom instead of the achievements of other nations. The obsession with rome led to modern history studies letting it eclipse everything else unjustly, groups before them like the phoenicians and groups later like the muslims did so much that we need to cover too. this channel is great for covering other groups and not just greece, rome, and the enlightenment era europe.
@@rawrager in using the bathroom? I didn't mention any choices rome made so I don't understand what you mean, unless you mean when they burned carthage.
@@resentfuldragon TBH Europeans historians or let's say Education history books makers don't want any group/ethnic, beside them (the Roman) to shine or show any sort of supremacy ( advancement ), so if their leaders ( _G. bush_ ) start a war on that region the majority of people will say, these areas aren't civilized anyway why we care . Human civilization is a chain everyone had share of it creation, but western leaders don't like the fact this chain was started somewhere else.
@@مقاطعمترجمة-ش8ث Yeah thats why when the europeans took over muslim nations they targeted their schools first. The arabs and persians and north africans are some of the most well accomplished scientists and mathematicians of the entirety of human history. My own people, the somalis, were worldwide traders who had connections as far as china and had access to modern weaponry like guns very early on in the 1500s. They erase history to artificially inflate their own achievements. Many scientific achievements of muslims were stolen by europeans to make it seem like they invented certain things.
Excellent video again K & G. Little known topics need a bright light and K&G delivers. Outstanding. Always makes my day when a new vid rings the bell button. Thanks again. Cheers.
I like the theory that if Carthage won the Punic wars then Europe would not have been hemogonized into a single empire but remain as separated territories or kingdoms as in the early Dark Ages. This would then have led to continual competition within said entities which may have produced the nation-states that we are familiar with in the 18th and 19th centuries but around 2000 years earlier
always thought carthage was kinda looked over just bc rome was the victor and has a "more interesting and entertaining history" than carthage. but boy am i glad to see this video come out
let's hope we found some carthaginian library hidden somewhere in the ground .. cuz carthaginians were under siege for 3 years it's possible that they have hidden some books
Well, this video wound up being super fascinating! I would be very interested in seeing more videos on the Phoenician city states and the eastern Mediterranean rim in general. Thank you for this one! Stay well out there everybody, and God bless you, friends. ✝️ :)
Hot take, here, Hamilcar was a better and more significant military leader than Hannibal, much the same way that I think Philip was a better military leader than Alexander.
Disagree on both counts.... Phillip was like Caesar he governed well and was an excellent general as well. Alexander was a pure military genius. If he had not died young he would have spent the latter years putting down one rebellion after the other or fighting one civil war after the next. Hannibal on the other hand managed to bring over many Roman allies to his side If not for Rome's stubbornness Hannibal might very well have won. Picture this: After the battles of Cannae, Trebbia and Trasmene, Rome lost 10% of its population in a matter of months. Germany lost only around 4% in ww2 over four years. And after these three years Hannibal had killed Romans three times his own army size. But still Romans had a bigger army. Though Prussia is often regarded as the army with a state, Rome is the one who should take this totle
@@caniblmolstr4503 You're welcome to dispute this, of course, that's the fun of it. But I would argue that Philip and Hamilcar were better due to the fact that they laid the fundamental foundations that their successors expanded upon. Pardon me, I worded my original claim incorrectly. There is not a doubt in my mind that the two successors were absolutely more exceptional military leaders, I mean, that's why they're so renowned. But, as I said, they expanded upon strong and significant foundations laid by their predecessors. Hamilcar's campaign into the west, and later Iberia, was the historical juggernaut that Rome opposed, and he governed it fittingly. Iberia was essential to several of Hannibal's military campaigns, most notably the notorious march across the Alps into Italy. Hamilcar also put into place several policies and military requirements, drills, exercises, etc. that made the Carthaginian war machine that Hannibal wielded with exceptional power. Philip created the Phalanx. That's impressive in and of itself. But he also set up a complex and benevolent court and governing hierarchy, the likes of which were essential to Alexander's conquest, as without them, we would see a Caesar or Aurelian-esque situation where an opposing governing body would be actively plotting against him in his absence due to his extensive wars. He also expanded the kingdom significantly, not anywhere near as much as Alexander, but still, it's something noteworthy. So comparatively, I agree, Hannibal and Alexander outclassed their predecessors by means of military genius significantly, but their success was only possible due to the fact that their predecessors had set up the framework for it. My apologies, my comment was misleading ascertaining to the point I was trying to convey.
Carthage: yeah we’re gonna have this cool city at the centre of our empire and we’re gonna dominate the Mediterranean. Rome: Sorry Cathargo Delenda Est Carthage: nooooooo!
The Barca clan was a military minded group in a civilization that was based on trade and wealth, not martial virtue. Merchants and trade were honorable, not so with the Romans. In the game of later imperial power (which the west values BECAUSE Rome won), it was the cultural makeup of Rome that made it so, not because they just had the better men at the time.
@@illerac84 I completely agree with you and I suppose It's Carthage's great misfortune that they were up against a superpower so stubborn and aggressive as Rome but Carthage needed more military commanders of the caliber of the Barca clan to defend itself. I'm not so sure their policy of relying on mercenaries was as a bad as modern historians think because you only have to look at how effective the Barca clan was at using them but Carthage needed more top generals to make use of them.
@@illerac84 Carthage was not a trade based empire, in surviving punic texts merchants were mentioned as people with little money while owners of production facilities as people with more money. City itself was industrial city whose main source of income was monopoly on iron production they had over North Africa, while rest of their territories were agricultural, same as any other people back then. They were definitely very expansionist and imperialistic state which expanded much faster than Roman Republic untill First punic war. Romans were just controling parts of Italy for several hundreds years while Carthage conquered most of western mediteranean.
@@BOSIE321 Their army mostly werent mercenaries, especially of Barcas time, but regular troops from carthaginian held territories in North Africa and Spain, combined with allies and vassals (Numidians and Gauls for example). Mercenaries in real sense of the word (paid souldiers of fortune from foreign territories they didn't control) did exist but were very minor part of Barca armies, only some of the Celtiberians and Ligurians come to my mind. Carthage using mercenaries was mostly Greek propaganda which romans copied. Using allied and vassal troops in large numbers was common in antiquity, for example half of the Roman army in Punic wars was made from diffferent allies, navy from Greek cities in southern Italy etc. Problem is that roman allies were more loyal while Numidians backstabbed Carthage.
@@ivandicivan4189 Of course they were. No marital empire hires mercs to fight wars. And the Barcas were the ones expanding into Spain. Carthage had its territory, Corsica, Sardinia, and was fighting the Greeks on Sicily. Still an impressive area, but the entire Italian Peninsula isn't anything to scoff at either. They launched themselves from that point on.
Glad that you mentioned the woman who had founded Carthage. I know that it's merely a myth. But I think it would be grand if this myth was proven to have some real truth in reality. My compliments to all those who made this video a reality.
Here in Brazil there is a story that the Phoenicians arrived here in Brazil thousands of years ago. According to some they even left inscriptions on a rock in Rio de Janeiro but that's just a story, but I still find it fascinating.
They believe the Egyptians had trade with South America. When they analysed the hair of one of the Pharos to check their diet they also found substantial amounts of cocaine. The problem was this plant is native to South America only. So what you say about the Phoenicians is probably true.
@@robertjohnston8690 Egyptian vessels were notoriously bad and Egyptians notorious sailors.... If they did get South American goods it would have to be Phoenicians but even then its unlikely...
@@robertjohnston8690 If the Antikythera mechanism proved me something is that anything is possible. Perhaps the ancient world was more interconnected than we realize.
I remember watching a video that hypothesizes that if Carthage dominates, southern Europe will be more Punic in culture but their influence won't move across the Alps, making southern and northern Europe much more different
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@KIngs and Generals can you check out Michael Tsarions books?
@@henwen6080 no
@@KingsandGenerals please do on pre islamic battles like halimas birthday, anthagar bin shadd , the sikh empire , king porus Battle of Buath
Battle of Shi'b Jabala, Shapur II's Arab campaign
Siege of Sanaa ,Battle of Hadhramaut etc please
@@KingsandGenerals please
With how much love Rome has gotten on this channel, I have been eagerly waiting for one of their greatest adversaries' origins to be talked about
As an impartial observer, I agree. This channel is comprised of Rome fanboys, it's not fair or balanced at all!
@@hannibalb8276 But how do you feel about elephants?
Me too, i want much more Carthage
History Marche does a really good job of portraying Carthage well. And history matters does a great series on the punic wars
@@hannibalb8276 >Hannibal B
>As an impartial observer
As a Sidonian merchant myself, I'm glad to see our subjugation by the Tyrians finally mentioned in a video
Hello fellow Sidonian!
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@@humbletruthseeker4975 Goliath was a Mycenean. One if Agqmemnon's greatest warriors.
I laughed way too much
@@rayanbay bzod
I love how much attention Carthage gets on this channel. Such an under appreciate civilization.
this channel is very good to great civilizations that are not covered as much. They have an entire playlist for both the early muslim caliphates and the ottoman empire.
Many important histories are buried under the over-analyzation over why rome had some kind of shin-guards instead of digging for these other great nations.
I hope that more channels like kings and generals spring up to change this.
Rome made the right decision.
@@rawrager and so did the germans and ottomans
@@Rudol_Zeppili Hannibal Barca too...
The Phoenicians and Carthaginians Paved the way for ancient western civilization (Greeks and Romans) to flourish. An absolutely underrated ancient civilization.
Glorious example of ancient history.
How tf is this comment 13h ago when video was uploaded 33 min ago
I salute to you, Kings and Generals!
Roman propaganda! Facts don't care about Roman feelings!!
Marcus Antonius did nothing wrong, Flavius.
@@wisdomleader85 Tell that to Caesar and Pompey.
When I was a kid I was fascinated of carthago's history. It inspired me more than any other historical topic
I still am, still feels very elusive and mysterious.
@@thelegendaryarrox5559 let's hope we found some carthaginian library hidden somewhere in the ground .. cuz carthaginians were under siege for 3 years it's possible that they have hidden some books
Rome made the right decision.
@@hannibalbarca8411 yesssss!
The amount of expeditions the Phoenicians did almost makes you wonder how much of the world they would've explored and discovered if they had won against Rome during the 2 Punic wars
I think that by this point the Phoenecians were on the decline. Carthage seems to have solidified itself as it's own entity and was more concerned with hegemony than trade and exploration. In all, if Carthage won I feel we would have had Rome 2.0 with punic replacing latin in most things.
I imagine around the year 1000 their explorers would reach the Americas then establish trade districts like the Europeans did in China and Japan
@@talyn3932 them losing was definitely due to their inability to adapt as quickly as the Romans had. In an alternative scenario, reforms might've been carried out that mitigated that lack of speed, probably through trying to find new lands to settle and resources to trade with.
I imagine they might've thought since China and the Indian states existed, there had to be other unknown lands/powers they could explore and that would motivate them to develop as quickly as Rome had.
@@Artwolf007 Rome didn't develop that quickly though. It took centuries to build up. It may have been that Rome was more adaptable in the conflict... but not overall. Rome had very long periods of stagnation with intermittent bursts of progress.
@@Artwolf007 them loosing was due to Hannibal’s enemies in the Carthaginian senate , literally did everything but send Hannibal reinforcements to deliver the final blow
Absolutely LOVE the new map graphics. It's impossible to tell history without good maps and the way you've shown it this time is exceptional!
The maps are huge for a better understanding.
I'm Costa Rican, and I live in the oldest city in the country named "Cartago" wich has the same in latin as Carthage, the city was found by Juan Vazquez de Coronado. The people that started the first european settlement came from Cadiz, a city in Spain that was first founded by the phoenicians from Tyre. No wonder they named this City "Cartago". I just made that connection, thanks to this documentary! Thank you very much!!!
Excellent job. My 11 year old brother was just about to learn about the foundation of Carthage in school. Both he and I were very excited to see this video. Keep covering ancient history please. By the way, I loved the new animation.
Really????? They actually teach that in school now? That's a nice change of pace
Wow! May I know where are you from please?
Definitely not in public school
@@punkthatiscyber9091 he might be Tunisian
I wish i went to that school
You're better than any cable history channel I've ever seen. Keep it up.
I actually come from a village close to Byblos (Lebanon), I was waiting for quite a while for K&G to cover the Phoenicians, it is interesting to mention that Byblos was probably the first city where alphabet was created (discovered), which laid the foundation for the Roman alphabet layer on in history. Kinda sad how much we regressed as a civilization, hopefully one day the area will be prosperous as before..
@@R3LAX94 i like how you assume their ethnicity and knowledge.
How do you know if they’re not both arab and semitic in ethnicity? There’s been over 1000 years of potential admixture between the ethnicities.
He speaks of modern Lebanon, which territorially is where Phoenicians were.
But keep making yourself look foolish with your massive assumptions! Im sure you make yourself appear intelligent in your head. Would be even more funny if he was literally Semitic, since he never mentioned ethnicities, or which one he was. He merely mentioned being near an ancient city, and for all you know, he could have ancestors in the region since antiquity
@@R3LAX94 semites are not only jews Mr. genius.
@@R3LAX94 you dum dum, Arabs are semites
@@R3LAX94 lol arabs are semites…
@@Stephan1988 false… Arabs progressed unparalleled, only after their abrahamic religion… from unlettered bedouins to learned empires stretching 3 continents and stayed like that until colonialism…
I'm Tunisian, so thanks for this
Wonderful video! We normally only hear of Carthage in the context of its epic struggles against Rome. It's fascinating to learn more of the early days of the city state.
Rome copied everything from Carthage empire
@@chebeb9333 Everything :') you cearly forget the Etruscans and Greeks and other minor societies with yet big influences
This channel never ceases to amaze. Carthage never gets the attention Rome gets so I was hooked from start to finish. Can't wait for the rest of the series.
Really glad you made this. A lot of people tend to forget about cartage when they talk about the mediterranian
I love Rome beyond my life but sometimes when i really think about Carthage and how different world would be, was it for Carthage winning Punic wars, it makes me wonder :)
Rome made the right decision.
@@rawrager What's that salting all the land so nothing would grow for generations. XD
It's because the current country that occupies the same territory is meh
I could not be more excited that there is a possibility for an actual Carthage series.
Please Kings and Generals, be as amazing as you always are and do them justice.
Great! Phoenicians at last!✌❤
Omg there’s never enough Carthage content in this world! Thank you 😭
it's truly incredible to see what i've always been tought in school about how carthage started, being a descendent of the carthagians (Tunisian), and the fact that Lebanese people and Tunisians till this day have a lot of similarities and they are seen quite unique among other arab countries make a lot of sens now !!
The evolution of animation in these documentaries is absolutely immaculate.
As a Tunisian, I love the amount of details you worked on in this video .. I have learned so much already..we're surrounded by monuments left by Carthage ..there's an entire city in the north west of Tunisia where the ruins still stand .. and the second biggest colosseum in the world is in Tunisia..Bardo museum in the capital holds one of the largest collections of roman mosaics in the world ..All of that rich history fascinates me
There are little remains of Punic era most of Carthage remains are from the Roman era unfortunately because Rome burned the city after the third Punic war and then rebuild it as a Roman city
@@abedbbb7083 really one of the most tragic events in history
Pfft That's nothing, where I live we have this one building that was built way back in like, 1840 or something.
Since the Canaanite name of "Sur" was mentioned for Tyre and "Qart Hadasht" for Carthage I think it would have been cool & consistent to provide other known Canaanite city & colony names as well on the map (at minimum in brackets anyhow). I've spent some time looking into it and there are a lot of names we know or can reasonably assess, that however never appear in popculture with Roman and Greek exonyms standing in (and sometimes being mistaken for) their names.
Pop culture??
@@bongeye7036 yes ,as in popular culture not the latest tik tok trend or summer song,you know the original meaning of the expression.
Qart Hadasht and Carthage are the same name. Carthago is the Latin way to pronounce Qart Hadasht.
QART in phonecian language , qaryat in arabic or hebrew = village . HADASHT in phonecian, arabic = haditha and it means NEW. carthage means in modern language NEW CITY.
@@user-Bn8hG6gftrsh perhaps their language had semetic influences then due to their location being next to semetic countries.
I mean they even lived next to Soloman (peace be upon him) the king of Israel, it makes sense their language was similar in some ways to arabic and hebrew.
"A dominant power in the region" that's nearly an understatement lol. I always disliked how people know so much about Rome but little of Carthage who were there equal for so long.
Carthage held some colonies in Catalogna, Sicily, Sardinia and costal Magreb but it wasn't by any mean a structured dominium therefore it can't be compared to the Roman Republic.
Long have I been waiting for Carthage, thou hath my gratitude for this upload.
Can we take a moment to appreciate the massively improved animation?
Tunisia's history is very rich, it is a beautiful country. I wish one day it'll be a better place and that we can shine again 🙏
I would love a video focusing specifically on the bronze age collapse. It's causes and it's effects.
I absolutely adore this episode but if I’m not mistaken you guys made a video about to Bosporan Kingdom of Greek Colonists. I was hoping you would continue that series before delving into Phoenician colonies. Is there any chance you’ll make a video about the founding history culture and civilization of Syracuse, Massalia, Cyrene or the Ionian Coast?
Being portuguese, i relate to the Phoenicians and Carthaginians and how they essentially expanded and grew an ´empire´ of widespread colonies from a tiny homeland, by non-agressive approach to the local populations and how they eventually kind of colonised them, through seafaring and commercial strategy.
Since childhood i was amazed, firstly, by Hamilcar and Hannibal´s incredible war campaigns in Sicily, the ´Mercenaries War´, the conquest of Iberia and the jaw-dropping 17-year Hannibal´s campaign in Italy, where he killed over 300.000 roman soldiers in battle and razed near 400 settlements...crossing the Alps with just 26.000 soldiers and 37 war elephants. Still today, i wonder what he would have done with real support from Carthage itself. I advise reading Polybius original transcripts (amazingly well written and detailed). But then i learnt about the incredible scientific and seafaring capabilities of the Phoenicians and Carthaginians and it got me even more interested since they were among the first to colonize my homeland too. Its greatly satisfying to see all these information done in such great videos. Well done!
Hannibal never could have killed enough. The Italian peninsula had the deepest levy pool other than ofc the Han who were a whole level about Italy in terms of potential reserves. His whole strategy failed not bc of Carthage but bc he failed to appreciate the stranglehold Rome had on all of Italy. He thought he could beat them down a bit and their allies would abandon them but only parts of the South did (being only recently conquered). He wasted a whole decade in Italy instead of being valuable in Spain. The only chance Carthage had was to win the First Punic War and they fumbled two clear chances when Rome lost its entire navy. Land in Italy and force terms. Once they lost they never had a chance to break Rome but they could have ended the 2nd war in a much stronger position if Hannibal had changed his main strategy once he saw north/central Italy close its doors to him.
@@geordiejones5618 After Cannae, Hannibal immediately sent his brother Mago to Carthage, along with large spoils of war including the rings of thousands of fallen roman officials in Cannae, which he layed on the Carthaginian Senate and literally begged them to send reinforcements. Hannibal wanted to end the war and not wander around in open field as you say. He was perfectly aware of the 750.000 manpool at Rome's army disposal. He needed a bigger army to lay siege on Rome and conquer central Italy, and keep control of the newly conquered South. His recent Celtic allied tribes in the North were giving all sorts of troubles to roman forces there, wiping 2 entire legions sent there after Cannae. Carthage sent him none. Hanno, who controlled the Senate, and hated or feared the Barcas, replied "if he is doing so well why does he need more troops". Barcid followers eventually gathered 4.000 numidians and some elephants and shipped them to Italy. Hanno and the Senate instead sent a large army to Iberia to take control of operations from Hannibal's other brother, Hasdrubal, who was actually managing to hold Iberia and its net of iberian allies against the roman forces there. As expected, Iberian tribes held allegiance to the Barcas and all sorts of problems started. Another large forces were sent by Hanno to Sicily, Sardinia and there are accounts of the largest fleet ever assembled of around 500 ships shipwrecking in another botched invasion off the coasts of Corsega. Hannibal indeed resorted to wander around in open field still managing to defeat roman consular armies and trying to swerve italian tribes to his side, which he also achieved, but he had no other option while waiting for serious reinforcements. In a last attempt he even appealed to King Hieronymous of Sicily and King Philip of Macedonia who sided with him but never really sent real help too. A tragic fate, but still one of the greatest military campaigns of all time.
The Portuguese were not non-aggressive though, there's a reason they/we got a terrible reputation throughout Asia at the time
@@HeAndrRoiz The context here is vs the roman way. Being portuguese yourself, you probably heard how romans conquered Iberia and Lusitania in particular. Specially that one time (among many) where the roman general Galba, promised some 30.000 lusitanians to not attack if they layed down their weapons. What followed was a full genocide including women and children. Then came Viriato's historical campaign but that deserves a full new video i hope. I was comparing our ways compared to the usual full scale invasions/divide and conquer/ genocidal roman ways.
Even so, the portuguese (and all Christian european nations) "Era dos Descobrimentos" born out of necessity to find alternative commercial routes to the Ottoman empire control of the usual trade routes through the Middle East. Of course we were expecting battles in the Indian ocean once we found the maritimal ways to India and beyond. Our caravels and cannons were far more advanced than the Ottomans and did spectacularly well, leading to the growth eastwards. But again, in context, and even comparing to other european nations we were very 'friendly' conquerors. See Spain conquests in south America for example compared to Brazil. I travel a lot to southeast Asia and i always heard great things about portuguese and how we were the first ones to get there and with trade in mind, including japanese and chinese people. What bad reputation you talking about?
@@pedlitu no, pedro. no. you don't get to larp as "peaceful Phoenician". Portuguese were nearly as genocidal and enslaving as other people. now you can enjoy being irrelevant in silence.
A new clasic that deserves loads more recognition!
It nice to see other ancient cultures in this channels. If possible, it woud be nice to see videos of the Mycenaeans of Greece or the creetans.
The history of Carthage was what got me glued to history
Qart-Hadasht apparently literally means "New City".
What we know as "Carthago Nova" was actually called "Qart-Hadasht" as well.
So, make sure you can tell "New City, Iberia" and "New City, Africa" appart!
And then after you have New City, America. It's all "New Citys" all the way down hehe
@@tg1982 At least they used "New [existing Cityname]".
I have little confused with Carthago nova literally meaning the new of new city or the newest city or maybe the fresh latest new city from us/Phoenician?
I love your guys content! Thank you for this awesome channel!
Thank you for your kind support!
Absolutely love this region and it's inhabitants, as well as this era in history. Your videos are second to none. Thank you. Keep 'em coming!
Who doesn't love a good docu-video on the founding of Carthage? I sure do.
This is so amazing, and reminds me of all the research I did with Carthage and Phoenicia's history way back. Very informative and captivating!!
Also, I'd like to add a little tidbit to the video that Pygmalion also had another name, which was most likely referred to as Pummayaton. And in Sardinia, a victory monument - the Nora Stone - was found there, which inscribed a battle between the Phoenicians and natives of Sardinia, which the Phoenicians under Pummayaton won the battle.
And that Phoenician Cedar was highly prized among the ancient world, and especially with the Egyptians, because it was most suited for building sturdier ships, unlike the trees found in Egypt which were acacia, which were too brittle for shipbuilding. I also recall reading a letter where Phoenician Cedar was also traded to build the Temple of Solomon (If I remember, I think it was 1,200 portions of Phoenician wood).
Phoenician history is truly fascinating.
The history of the Phoenicians and the foundation of Carthage! Great!
Awesome video, I enjoy learning the different names of Phoenicia, which are Canaan, Kanem, Ponim, Phoenicies and Poeni .
Carthage is a topic I've been interested ever since I heard about Hannibal. Looking forward to watching it as soon as I have time. Thank you Kings and Generals Team!
Yes, gotta love some Carthaginian content. My favorite faction in OG Rome: Total War. Their origins from Canaan was a nice touch.
Speaking of Canaan, perhaps in the future a video/series on the Canaanite city-states with topics like their chariot nobility called the Maryannu and the Habiru warbands so prominent in the Amarna letters. Perhaps lead to how modern historians and archeologists view the origin of the Hebrew kingdoms that followed them and compare biblical tradition to something more grounded to what Ancient Israel may have been.
That would be a dope subject.
Please do cover theories behind the Bronze Age Collapse. This was absolutely incredible video!
I wanna hear more about these “skyscrapers of Rome”!
Fun fact, Tyre in Lebanon is called صور or Soor, just like it's original Phonecian name.
My village near Akko was used for bargaining by king Solomon to buy cedar wood from Tyre as written in the old testament
You, in heaven: I feel used. Wh-what were we to you?
King Solomon: (warmly smiles... lays his hands on your shoulder) You were... a great bargain.
Old testament is corrupted
The city you stole 😊
@@nathanaelpereira5207 im palestinian , no stealing on my part
@@AboGalyun oh I m sorry I thought you were a zionist
I love Carthage. Hope more videos are on the way! Love you guys.
Those islands are more likely the islands off the coast of Galicia, in Northwestern Spain (also very rich in tin) rather than the british isles. Most experts believe this is the case. It has been proven that extensive commerce of Tin happened in Galicia at that period.
Its a heartfelt and sincere request of mine to the creator(s) of the videos on this channel. Can you please do an entire series on ancient and medieval history of the Middle East. Its so exciting and vibrant and truly a crade of human civilization and development. As a history student with particular interest in the region I would love a full blown series of like 100+ episodes showing every kingdom, every battle and evolution of the region. Thank you.
Simply awesome!
I get those mega laser eyes every time I see Carthagian and Phoencians content. Keep up your bussin work K&G
Suggestion for the next video: Something about Ammon and Moab, and other older kingdoms located nearby Israel.
I second this!
Iron from the island of Elba. The same Elba that Napoleon was exiled to in 1814 this is making me geek out. Also I have been to Cadiz, Spain this is a really cool video
Please do a whole Punic Wars series.
I’m a huge history nerd, trial attorney…and I really love and respect your show- esoecythisevaboutvsttateguc Roman victories…keep posting videos you do a great job!!
finally we are talking about the most underrated ancient super power.
Hope you guys will also make a video explaining the singular Phoenician religion, it will surely made for an interesting episode.
If you're going to do a "punic wars" series , please start with the third, because most of us already know the other two.
Because rome lost the first two ;)
About time you guys made a video on Carthage!
Thank you!!!
Loved this. This area along with the steppe people have long fascinated me. I am in awe of ancient man's courage. I get nervous on a boat. Imagine the fears and dread of doing so in antiquity. Our schools should teach more of this.
People usually fear what they dont understand. The Phoenecians understood the sea and their trade as well as anyone today. They were at home in it. :)
Excellent video as always. Like Alexander the great, Pyrrus and Caesar Hannibal and Scipio Africanus deserve their own series
I think I find Carthage especially fascinating because Venice seems to be the only civilization that is similar to it
They are not that similar
They are both mercantile sea focused empires but thats all
Venice was never a dominant culture or superpower like carthage
What about N.Y. City, Manhattan is similar to Carthage. People didn’t just come to Carthage to trade but to settle there just like they do in N.Y.C.
@@jmwilliamsart he talks about the civilization not the city
As a city not at all
How the people lived there the architecture the system is very different
I have a theory that, while monarchies are the primary and dominant form of government throughout history, Republics were the occult or recurring government. Showing up with regularity in spite of its rarity, and not always clearly recognized.
@@bossenes5020 neither was Carthage, Carthaginiens dominated the Mediterranean trade and through it spread their levantine culture but never built a dominion.
Venice did the same in the Adriatic and Aegean sea, nothing more nothing less.
congratulations for the work and content of the video, I hope there is a continuation of the Greco Punishment Wars, or a series on the Punic Wars, and the development of Carthaginian civilization.
The Phoenicians were also the ones to introduce grape cultivization to Iberia, an ancient shipwreck was been found in the Mediteranean with small grape plants meant to bring towards new territories
it seems like they did so much, I hate how most places would rather cover what kind of way romans would use the bathroom instead of the achievements of other nations.
The obsession with rome led to modern history studies letting it eclipse everything else unjustly, groups before them like the phoenicians and groups later like the muslims did so much that we need to cover too.
this channel is great for covering other groups and not just greece, rome, and the enlightenment era europe.
@@resentfuldragon Rome made the right decision.
@@rawrager in using the bathroom?
I didn't mention any choices rome made so I don't understand what you mean, unless you mean when they burned carthage.
@@resentfuldragon TBH Europeans historians or let's say Education history books makers don't want any group/ethnic, beside them (the Roman) to shine or show any sort of supremacy ( advancement ), so if their leaders ( _G. bush_ ) start a war on that region the majority of people will say, these areas aren't civilized anyway why we care .
Human civilization is a chain everyone had share of it creation, but western leaders don't like the fact this chain was started somewhere else.
@@مقاطعمترجمة-ش8ث Yeah thats why when the europeans took over muslim nations they targeted their schools first.
The arabs and persians and north africans are some of the most well accomplished scientists and mathematicians of the entirety of human history.
My own people, the somalis, were worldwide traders who had connections as far as china and had access to modern weaponry like guns very early on in the 1500s.
They erase history to artificially inflate their own achievements.
Many scientific achievements of muslims were stolen by europeans to make it seem like they invented certain things.
So excited, I've been waiting for a series about Carthage and the Punic Wars. The last of the great wars for Rome yet to be covered. 😁
Fun fact: the word bible might have its root from the city of Byblos, where papyrus is traded.
Excellent video again K & G. Little known topics need a bright light and K&G delivers. Outstanding. Always makes my day when a new vid rings the bell button. Thanks again. Cheers.
I remember a Budweiser ad at my local liquor store had an ad with "Hannibal" on it. He was shown as a sub-Saharan black man in armor. So ignorant.
absolutely my favourite doco group on youtube!
I like the theory that if Carthage won the Punic wars then Europe would not have been hemogonized into a single empire but remain as separated territories or kingdoms as in the early Dark Ages. This would then have led to continual competition within said entities which may have produced the nation-states that we are familiar with in the 18th and 19th centuries but around 2000 years earlier
or much of Europe probably would be part of the Carthagenian Empire for centuries on end.
@@darth3911 perhaps. But people evolve their strategies over time with success so who really knows.
Rome made the right decision.
The Gauls could have created a Celtic empire perhaps if there was a power vacuum left by the removal of Rome
All of world history would be different if the Carthaginians won the punic wars. Not everything has to do with Europe.
Crazy I had just developed an interest in Carthage and you guys drop a great video.
always thought carthage was kinda looked over just bc rome was the victor and has a "more interesting and entertaining history" than carthage. but boy am i glad to see this video come out
Great story as always. Best narrator on YT!
let's hope we found some carthaginian library hidden somewhere in the ground .. cuz carthaginians were under siege for 3 years it's possible that they have hidden some books
Brilliant as always. Thank you for this great documentary. Keep it up!
If this was on The History Channel they would probably say that aliens taught the Phoenicians how to navigate lol
Well, this video wound up being super fascinating! I would be very interested in seeing more videos on the Phoenician city states and the eastern Mediterranean rim in general. Thank you for this one!
Stay well out there everybody, and God bless you, friends. ✝️ :)
Carthage has always fascinated me. I "lived" in "Carthage" for 2 years, Corsica. It was one of the best times of my life. 👍🏻 🇺🇸🤝🇫🇷
Excellent video 📹 Excellent history 👏
Excellent graphics 👌
Watched it 3×
Hot take, here, Hamilcar was a better and more significant military leader than Hannibal, much the same way that I think Philip was a better military leader than Alexander.
Disagree on both counts....
Phillip was like Caesar he governed well and was an excellent general as well. Alexander was a pure military genius. If he had not died young he would have spent the latter years putting down one rebellion after the other or fighting one civil war after the next.
Hannibal on the other hand managed to bring over many Roman allies to his side
If not for Rome's stubbornness Hannibal might very well have won.
Picture this: After the battles of Cannae, Trebbia and Trasmene, Rome lost 10% of its population in a matter of months.
Germany lost only around 4% in ww2 over four years.
And after these three years Hannibal had killed Romans three times his own army size. But still Romans had a bigger army.
Though Prussia is often regarded as the army with a state, Rome is the one who should take this totle
@@caniblmolstr4503 You're welcome to dispute this, of course, that's the fun of it. But I would argue that Philip and Hamilcar were better due to the fact that they laid the fundamental foundations that their successors expanded upon. Pardon me, I worded my original claim incorrectly. There is not a doubt in my mind that the two successors were absolutely more exceptional military leaders, I mean, that's why they're so renowned. But, as I said, they expanded upon strong and significant foundations laid by their predecessors. Hamilcar's campaign into the west, and later Iberia, was the historical juggernaut that Rome opposed, and he governed it fittingly. Iberia was essential to several of Hannibal's military campaigns, most notably the notorious march across the Alps into Italy. Hamilcar also put into place several policies and military requirements, drills, exercises, etc. that made the Carthaginian war machine that Hannibal wielded with exceptional power. Philip created the Phalanx. That's impressive in and of itself. But he also set up a complex and benevolent court and governing hierarchy, the likes of which were essential to Alexander's conquest, as without them, we would see a Caesar or Aurelian-esque situation where an opposing governing body would be actively plotting against him in his absence due to his extensive wars. He also expanded the kingdom significantly, not anywhere near as much as Alexander, but still, it's something noteworthy. So comparatively, I agree, Hannibal and Alexander outclassed their predecessors by means of military genius significantly, but their success was only possible due to the fact that their predecessors had set up the framework for it. My apologies, my comment was misleading ascertaining to the point I was trying to convey.
UTTER NONSENSE!
Well done video!!! I learned a few new things here!
I've asked this before but can you do a video on the battle od Toulouse in the Muslim invasions?
You are a time machine taking us back in history and making me feel like I'm watching these things as they took place!
Carthage: yeah we’re gonna have this cool city at the centre of our empire and we’re gonna dominate the Mediterranean.
Rome: Sorry Cathargo Delenda Est
Carthage: nooooooo!
Sad!
Love this topic! I want to know more about the civilizations of this era
If only Carthage had given rise to more men like Hannibal and his father Hamilcar. Their history might have been very different.
The Barca clan was a military minded group in a civilization that was based on trade and wealth, not martial virtue. Merchants and trade were honorable, not so with the Romans. In the game of later imperial power (which the west values BECAUSE Rome won), it was the cultural makeup of Rome that made it so, not because they just had the better men at the time.
@@illerac84 I completely agree with you and I suppose It's Carthage's great misfortune that they were up against a superpower so stubborn and aggressive as Rome but Carthage needed more military commanders of the caliber of the Barca clan to defend itself. I'm not so sure their policy of relying on mercenaries was as a bad as modern historians think because you only have to look at how effective the Barca clan was at using them but Carthage needed more top generals to make use of them.
@@illerac84 Carthage was not a trade based empire, in surviving punic texts merchants were mentioned as people with little money while owners of production facilities as people with more money.
City itself was industrial city whose main source of income was monopoly on iron production they had over North Africa, while rest of their territories were agricultural, same as any other people back then.
They were definitely very expansionist and imperialistic state which expanded much faster than Roman Republic untill First punic war. Romans were just controling parts of Italy for several hundreds years while Carthage conquered most of western mediteranean.
@@BOSIE321 Their army mostly werent mercenaries, especially of Barcas time, but regular troops from carthaginian held territories in North Africa and Spain, combined with allies and vassals (Numidians and Gauls for example).
Mercenaries in real sense of the word (paid souldiers of fortune from foreign territories they didn't control) did exist but were very minor part of Barca armies, only some of the Celtiberians and Ligurians come to my mind.
Carthage using mercenaries was mostly Greek propaganda which romans copied. Using allied and vassal troops in large numbers was common in antiquity, for example half of the Roman army in Punic wars was made from diffferent allies, navy from Greek cities in southern Italy etc.
Problem is that roman allies were more loyal while Numidians backstabbed Carthage.
@@ivandicivan4189
Of course they were. No marital empire hires mercs to fight wars.
And the Barcas were the ones expanding into Spain. Carthage had its territory, Corsica, Sardinia, and was fighting the Greeks on Sicily.
Still an impressive area, but the entire Italian Peninsula isn't anything to scoff at either. They launched themselves from that point on.
In Rio de Janeiro, there is a big stone called "Pedra da Gávea" with the inscription in phoenician: " Tyro Phoenicia Badezir firstborn of Jethbaal"
Glad that you mentioned the woman who had founded Carthage. I know that it's merely a myth. But I think it would be grand if this myth was proven to have some real truth in reality. My compliments to all those who made this video a reality.
Finally a video focusing completely on Carthage, hooray 🎉
thanks for mentioning palestine
King Hiarbus: Take this oxhide and you will have the land that it can cover:
Dido: I'm gonna do what's called a pro gamer move
Here in Brazil there is a story that the Phoenicians arrived here in Brazil thousands of years ago. According to some they even left inscriptions on a rock in Rio de Janeiro but that's just a story, but I still find it fascinating.
Phoenicians colonized Iberia, thus indirectly gave birth to the Portuguese who colonized Brazil
They believe the Egyptians had trade with South America. When they analysed the hair of one of the Pharos to check their diet they also found substantial amounts of cocaine. The problem was this plant is native to South America only. So what you say about the Phoenicians is probably true.
@@robertjohnston8690 Egyptian vessels were notoriously bad and Egyptians notorious sailors.... If they did get South American goods it would have to be Phoenicians but even then its unlikely...
@@caniblmolstr4503 0% chance a small med boat made it 2 days in the ocean off coast lol.
@@robertjohnston8690 If the Antikythera mechanism proved me something is that anything is possible. Perhaps the ancient world was more interconnected than we realize.
This is good stuff
I watch a documentary like this every day over super hero movies and blockbusters
If Etruscan and Carthage actually replaced Rome, I wonder how will that affect history as a whole.
I remember watching a video that hypothesizes that if Carthage dominates, southern Europe will be more Punic in culture but their influence won't move across the Alps, making southern and northern Europe much more different
Pizza would be a Tunisian thing instead of Italian, i guess.
@@darth3911 rome copied everything from Carthage don't believe western fake history
As always a perfect video , just an insane quality and well narrated story as always keep Going on yiu have my full support
And then Dido had a brief love affair with Aeneas. And then thousands of years later became a popular pop artist.
Nice video. It would be really nice if there is a video on the government and administrative structure of Carthage.
I'm sorry my translator is broken, the video is the Founding of the New City? What city?
Neapolis, Novgorod, Neuendorf, Nevers, Yenişehir :-)
@@KingsandGenerals and New York
Lol, new Caledonia🇳🇨
The new 3D graphics are stunning
Can you guys cover the First or Second lebanon war?