Carthaginians or Phoenicians?
By: Karim Mokhtar
— I want to clarify a very important historical issue for everyone who imagines that Carthage “called itself Phoenician.”
@DelGroyp Ancient Greeks & Romans were not "white" in the modern Anglo-Saxon sense. As Mediterraneans, they had darker skin, hair, & eyes. Their societies were diverse, integrating populations from across Europe, North Africa, and West Asia. Social status &citizenship prioritised over race
Congratulations to #España|#Spain , the fundamental Carthaginian descendent, on getting to the final and standing as a favourite without much noises or drama/victimisation that other teams have chosen.
@KamounLab@gevemac Elissa has always been an entertainingly unproven myth for the "European" and Levantine minds. And so is the Canaanite's influence on Carthage apart from certain major cultural aspects.
https://t.co/3ZCwyMl7Ju
قرطاج حقيقة تاريخية و فينيقيا مجرد فنتازيا رومانية إغريقية
قرطاج ليست تابعة للشرق ككيان سياسي ، المدن الكنعانية سقطت كلها و تم احتلالها حوالي القرن الخامس قبل الميلاد ، لم يعد لها وجود سياسي بعد ذلك
القرطاجيون لم يذهبوا للدفاع عنها بالرغم من انه كان لديهم جيش جيد في ذلك الوقت
وجزء من المسلمين المتعصبين يلي خايفين بهوس على دينهم، ومن ربطهم بتقديس تانيت وبعل حمون.. بينما يستبطنوا التلذذ بالاستعمار طالما "من مسلم".
قوالب مختلفة من الذميين تلاقات على هالفوبيا. على أمل (ضعيف) تجي أجيال تقطع مع التصورات الذمية..
#جمهورية_قرطاج#Carthagology
~ The Republic of Carthage ~
History's Most Noble Resurrection.. one day..
Narrated by: Richard Miles in the documentary: «Carthage: A Roman Holocaust»
Translated by: @Kroussiah
“It's not an East-West thing. It's that throughout Africa, Asia and Europe, there are these clusters of civilisations that are similar to each other and that have interacted with each other more than, say though, next door neighbours.”
– Roy Casagranda on the #Mediterranean.
“There is no such thing, specifically, as "Western Civilisation". But I think you could make an argument that there was such a thing as "Mediterranean Civilisation", Indian Civilisation or a Chinese Civilisation.”
– Roy Casagranda
“The Mediterranean was always a highway. It was never a divider. It didn't separate. What happened was we started getting into the mindset that there was this separation, and "Christian" Europe really pushed for the separation.”
– Roy Casagranda
There is a huge problem nowadays with trying to project & impose modern ethno-nationalist claims onto what were fundamentally cultural / mercantile / or religious expansions – where the unifying factor of composite societies WAS NOT ethnicity.
#multiethnic#قرطاج#Carthage
There is a huge problem nowadays with trying to project & impose modern ethno-nationalist claims onto what were fundamentally cultural / mercantile / or religious expansions – where the unifying factor of composite societies WAS NOT ethnicity.
#multiethnic#قرطاج#Carthage
Hannibal: " O Mother Carthage, you have set me on a level with the gods, and how shall I repay you in full for such generosity?... You, my son, on whom rest my hopes, you, who are the only safeguard of Carthaginian power against the menace of Italy."
Silus Italicus, Punica, 93AD
There is a huge problem nowadays with trying to project & impose modern ethno-nationalist claims onto what were fundamentally cultural / mercantile / or religious expansions – where the unifying factor of composite societies WAS NOT ethnicity.
#multiethnic#قرطاج#Carthage
1️⃣ When Carthage was founded around 814 BCE, it wasn’t built on race, tribe, or bloodline. It was built on commerce, cooperation, and citizenship.
“#Carthage was not a people — it was a project.” ⚓️
#قرطاج#Cartagine
Carthage as a progressive society that embraced heterogeneity and prioritised merit over racial superiority. Something uncommon at its era.
Source: https://t.co/3ZCwyMlFz2
We dismantled our deep and inevitable historical identity that led us to prosperity in the past, and we marginalised later visions to revive it like the Bourguibist project — despite its many flaws in execution
And now we are left navigating an identity that feels… disconnected!
One of the core ideas behind the neo-Carthaginian vision is that, at one point in history, we fully controlled our natural sphere: the Western Mediterranean and the Sahel — commercially, strategically, and with unmatched influence.
#Carthage#Tunisia
In many ways, we detached / removed ourselves from the Euro-Mediterranean civilisational space.
We distanced ourselves from our own natural & historical geographical and civilisational depth, where we ought to build our future on.