Carthage
Carthage was founded by a Phoenician Queen named Elissa around 813 B.C.E. The Greeks called Carthage Karchedon, but later the Romans turned the name into Carthago. Carthage eventually became one of the greatest and most powerful cities in the Mediterranean. Carthage later became the center of Phoenician trade and captured regions in Africa to enslave the people and sell them. Once the Roman Empire came in play, they destroyed Carthage. Trade in Carthage was great. Some goods that were traded were olive oil, fish paste, silver, copper, and tin. Population in Carthage was higher than other Phoenician cities. The population reached 700,000 people. One ruler of Carthage was Hannibal Barca who had lost Sicily to the Romans in the second Punic War.