Phoenicians Found Carthage

Around 814 BCE, according to tradition, Phoenician colonists from the city of Tyre founded Carthage on the coast of modern Tunisia. Archaeological evidence confirms a Phoenician settlement from the late 9th century BCE. Carthage grew into the dominant commercial power of the western Mediterranean, with trade networks stretching from Spain to the Levant. The same Tyre that supplied timber for Solomon's Temple was now spreading its influence across the ancient world.