I got home late from a party, but I did read about ten more pages about Carthage. It mainly talked about how Punic culture was a fusion of Greek, Phoenician, and the native peoples. I had forgotten that the Carthaginians were originally from Phoenicia (present day--the coast of Lebanon), and it surprised me that they apparently maintained Levantine traditions. For example, their names were frequently related to the Caananite gods of Baal and Astarte.
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