Everything has a beginning, the earth, the galaxy, the universe has a beginning, and so does Carthage. Carthage was founded by the Phoenician queen Elissa (aka Dido) in 813 BC. It was made in what is now Tunisia, North Africa. Carthage was founded by another Phoenician city-state known as Utica. Carthage was created as a trading stop and as a port for the Phoenicians to supply their ships. It all started like this. Now that the new city was there they had to figure out what to call it. Initially the Phoenicians called it Karthadasht which means "new city". The Greeks transformed this name into Karchedon. Then the Romans called the city Carthage. Eventually the people of the city ended up calling Carthage their home. Eventually the new city had a name, “Carthage”. The culture of Carthage is very difficult to discover due to the few remains we have of the city, but we can get a rough picture of what it was like. They worshiped many gods and goddesses, known as polytheism. We think they made human sacrifices to major gods like Baal and Tanit. After a while some of the Greek gods were developed in their culture (Juno, Demeter, Persephone). There were many wars in which the Carthaginians fought; the First Punic War was one of these. At first, Rome's navy was weaker than Carthage's, so it did not pose a threat. The Carthaginians forced Rome to make a treaty so that the Romans could not trade in the western Mediterranean Sea. Then Rome changed the style of its navy and created gang ways that transformed the naval battle into a land battle. After that change Carthage was not prepared for a land battle and Rome won a series of battles and defeated Carthage in 241 BC Carthage was forced to cede the island of Sicily and had to pay a lot......middle of paper... ...finally the great city was dead.Works Cited"Ancient city of Carthage". Archinomy. Np, nd Web. November 20, 2013. .Decker, Roy. "Religion of Carthage, by Roy Decker." About.com Ancient/classical history. Np, nd Web. 19 November 2013. .Gill, N.. "Carthage - Founding." About.com Ancient/classical history. Np, nd Web. 19 November 2013. .Hoplite, Punic. "Rome: Paradise of Total War." Rome: Paradise of total war. Np, nd Web. 21 November 2013. .Marco, Giosuè. "Carthage." Encyclopedia of Ancient History. Np, April 28, 2011. Web. November 18, 2013. .MLA formatting by BibMe.org.