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Quiz about Carthage Legends and Early History

Carthage Legends and Early History Quiz

This is a quiz about the beginnings of Carthage, the maritime empire. (This is not a quiz about Hannibal).

A multiple-choice quiz by booog. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
booog

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
127,284

Updated
Dec 03 21

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Question 1 of 10

1. When (according to mainstream historians, such as Timeus) was Carthage founded? Hint

1537 BC

1104 BC

814 BC

753 BC

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Question 2 of 10

2. The Phoenician name for Carthage was Qart Hadasht. What does this mean? Hint

City of Hadash

City of Hope

New City

Rich City

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Question 3 of 10

3. What was the name of the most important god of the people who founded Carthage? Hint

Zalmolxis

Jupiter

Baal Hammun

Zeus

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Question 4 of 10

4. Carthage was founded by Phoenicians. Of what origin was this people? Hint

Semitic

Egyptian

Persian

Greek

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Question 5 of 10

5. From which Phoenician city did the colonists which founded Carthage come? Hint

Tyre

Arwad

Sidon

Byblos

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Question 6 of 10

6. This woman, daughter of king Mutto and wife of high-priest Akerbas, decided to flee her homeland when her grasping brother, Pygmalion, killed her husband. Who was she? Hint

Cartha

Samira

Elisha

Ithnana

7. On the way to the founding site, the Carthaginians-to-be made a first stop in an island, where the Great Priest of Juno welcomed them, offering to go with them, on the sole condition that the priests of Carthage should only come from his family. What was this island? Hint

Rhodos

Cyprus

Crete

Corfu

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Question 8 of 10

8. Finally, our colonists arrive. They choose their colony site on a peninsula, separated by the mainland by an isthmus. The site was 30 km south of an earlier Phoenician trading post. What was the name of the latter? Hint

Uttica

Tipasa

Megara

Mersa Madakh

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Question 9 of 10

9. Here comes an interesting part of the legend, concerning the Phoenician commercial abilities. The natives feared a massive invasion by Phoenicians, so were skeptical about the colonists settling there. So, the queen came up with a master plan. On the pretext that they were just looking for a place to rest, she asked the natives to sell them only as much land an ox's skin could encompass. The natives agreed, and then the queen ordered the skin to be cut into thin strips, and the settlers were able to buy a whole hill. What was the name of this hill? Hint

Arwad

Megara

Byrsa

Tipasa

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Question 10 of 10

10. This dynasty supplied Carthage with kings, beginning with the 6th century BC. Hint

Barcids

Abbasids

Hannonids

Magonids

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. When (according to mainstream historians, such as Timeus) was Carthage founded?

Answer: 814 BC

There are various hypotheses about the actual year of the founding. Some historians date the founding even earlier, in about 1000 BC, and some a century or so later, "ab urbe conditam", in the period 663-673. The most widely accepted theory though is that Carthage was founded in 814 BC, according to Timeus.

2. The Phoenician name for Carthage was Qart Hadasht. What does this mean?

Answer: New City

Qart is the Semitic word for city, and Hadasht means new. The Romans transliterated "Qart Hadasht" as "Carthago".

3. What was the name of the most important god of the people who founded Carthage?

Answer: Baal Hammun

I assume you know who Jupiter and Zeus were. Zalmolxis was the god of the Dacians, who lived north of the lower Danube (in what is now Romania and Moldova).

4. Carthage was founded by Phoenicians. Of what origin was this people?

Answer: Semitic

The Phoenicians were a Semitic people. They invented the first alphabet, from which the Greek and then Roman alphabets were derived. Their trading posts were spread all over the Mediterranean, and even further afiled, on the Atlantic shore of Spain, and about 300 km south of the Straits of Gibraltar, on the African shore.

5. From which Phoenician city did the colonists which founded Carthage come?

Answer: Tyre

The colonists came from Tyr, then a flourishing city-state, located on the Mediterranean sea-shore, at about middle the distance between modern Beirut and Haifa. Sidon, Arwad and Byblos were in their turn the leaders of the Phoenician world.

6. This woman, daughter of king Mutto and wife of high-priest Akerbas, decided to flee her homeland when her grasping brother, Pygmalion, killed her husband. Who was she?

Answer: Elisha

Elisha (or Elissa) is the right answer. Samira is an Arabic name, Ithnana is a name made up from the Arabic numeral Ithnan (two), and Cartha is made up.

Answer: Cyprus

Moreover, 80 virgins were kidnapped from the island, providing the basis for future population growth.

Answer: Uttica

Uttica was founded in 1101 BC, that is roughly 450 years before Carthage. Megara was a neighbourhood of Carthage. Tipasa and Mersa Madakh were also Phoenician trading posts on the North African coast.

Answer: Byrsa

Byrsa is right, you know the rest.

10. This dynasty supplied Carthage with kings, beginning with the 6th century BC.

Answer: Magonids

The Magondis were wealty traders, and Magon, son of one Malchus, founded a dynasty that lasted for three generations. The Barcids were generals. The Hannonids followed the Magonids, and the Abbasids were caliphs.

Source: Author booog

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