The Locus of Carthage: Compounding Geographical Logic |
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Authors: | Patrick Hunt |
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Institution: | (1) Stanford University, Stanford, USA |
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Abstract: | North Africa’s Phoenician city of Carthage was above all a logical place from which the well-informed maritime Phoenicians
colonized and controlled the Western Mediterranean. The leading important factors affecting the founding of Carthage were
mostly geographical: overall centrality along the southern coast of the Western Mediterranean; proximity to the island bridge
of Italy via Sicily; nascent oceanographic knowledge of water currents and wind gyres as well as shoals such as the Gulf of
Sidra and the shelter of the Gulf of Tunis itself; and important local topography and religious landmarks. |
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Keywords: | Carthage Geography North Africa Maritime Topography Mediterranean Wind and current gyres Navigation Sacred landmarks |
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