The Carthaginian Empire: When North Africa Ruled the Mediterranean...and Lost It (500 BC – 202 BC)

Carthage built the richest maritime empire in the western Mediterranean...then collided with Rome. This episode traces the Golden Age of Carthage and Berber North Africa (500 to 202 BCE): from Punic harbors and Iberian silver to Hannibal’s audacious campaign and Masinissa’s Numidian cavalry at Zama. Learn about Carthage’s government (suffetes, senate, the “Hundred and Four”), the Magonids and Barcids - Religion & culture: Baal Hammon, Tanit, tophets, coins (horse head and palm) - The Sicilian Wars, Mercenary War, or “Truceless” War, and the Barcid rise in Spain - Hannibal vs Rome (second Punic War): Trebia, Trasimene, Cannae, and the turn in Africa Syphax, Sophonisba, Scipio Africanus - Numidian cavalry at Zama and how Numidia and Mauretania reshaped the map “Karthago: Phönizische Großstadt” (2020) by ZDF/Terra X/Faber Courtial, Jörg Courtial — used under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: trimmed, zoomed and voiceover added. License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ Don’t forget to like, subscribe, and comment if you enjoy history as much as we do. Become a member to help out the channel and keep the project alive (not to mention early access)! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFn4wt14ytUbngBJp8SsWKQ/join 0:00 Carthage Golden Age 3:49 Sicilian Wars 8:05 First Punic War 10:00 Mercenary War and Rise of Barcids 12:23 Second Punic War This video is a part of our series on Northern Africa. You can find each individual one here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaWQkkziGGfcsMsf9d-O3AGOHzBxeJ7H3 Welcome to our Subregion Documentaries! These standalone full documentaries are meant to summarize broad topics in history and balances political history and events, with social/daily life, and culture. If you've watched our History of the World and Time Period documentary series, these videos are a perfect next step! ----- Check out the Sections on our Homepage for the series we are working on: https://www.youtube.com/c/MadeInHistory Lvl 1: HISTORY OF THE WORLD https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaWQkkziGGfe7hVpRMyeozS5RHcMVQwcJ Lvl 2: TIME PERIOD MEGA-DOCUMENTARIES https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaWQkkziGGfeaFYBIWUy8l2xmlesX7MFh ----- All images used with CC license. #carthage #Hannibal #punicwars #AncientHistory