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Carthaginian Wall Of Cartagena
The term Carthaginian ( la, Carthaginiensis ) usually refers to a citizen of Ancient Carthage. It can also refer to: * Carthaginian (ship), a three-masted schooner built in 1921 * Insurgent privateers; nineteenth-century South American privateers, particularly those hailing from Cartagena, Colombia, and flying the insurgent flag were often called "Carthaginians" in the contemporary British and American press. Occasionally 19th century vessels in the Mediterranean hailing from Cartagena, Spain, too might be referred to as "Carthaginian". {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ancient Carthage
Carthage () was a settlement in modern Tunisia that later became a city-state and then an empire. Founded by the Phoenicians in the ninth century BC, Carthage reached its height in the fourth century BC as one of the largest metropolises in the worldGeorge Modelski, ''World Cities: –3000 to 2000'', Washington DC: FAROS 2000, 2003. . Figures in main tables are preferentially cited. Part of former estimates can be read at Evolutionary World Politics Homepage Archived 2008-12-28 at the Wayback Machine and the centre of the Carthaginian Empire, a major power in the ancient world that dominated the western Mediterranean. Following the Punic Wars, Carthage was destroyed by the Romans in 146 BC, who later rebuilt the city lavishly. Carthage was settled around 814 BC by colonists from Tyre, a leading Phoenician city-state located in present-day Lebanon. In the seventh century BC, following Phoenicia's conquest by the Neo-Assyrian Empire, Carthage became independent, gradually ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carthaginian (ship)
''Carthaginian'' was a three-masted barque outfitted as a whaler that served both as a movie prop and a museum ship in Hawaii. Laid down and launched in Denmark in 1921 as the three-masted schooner ''Wandia'', she was converted in 1964–1965 into a typical square-rigged 19th-century whaler for the filming of the 1966 movie ''Hawaii''. Afterward, she was moored in the harbor of the former whaling port-of-call of Lāhainā on the Hawaiian island of Maui, explaining the whaling industry in the Hawaiian islands. ''Carthaginian'' was lost in 1972 when she ran aground just outside the harbor on its way to drydock maintenance on Oahu and was replaced as a whaling museum by ''Carthaginian II'' in 1980. History ''Carthaginian'' was built in 1921 in Denmark as the three-masted schooner ''Wandia'' and sailed for its owner, Captain Petersen, for 30 years in the Baltic Sea hauling cargo. After a few years as a commercial fishing vessel based in Iceland it was purchased and taken to Ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
