Carthage was far from Tunisia.
Carthage ( [ ˈkɑrθᵻdʒ ] , from Carthāgō [ ð $ ' ð $ `` ð $ • ð $ ð $ ð $ '' ð $ • , Qart-ḥadašt , New City ] ) was the centre or capital city of the ancient Carthaginian civilization , on the eastern side of the Lake of Tunis in what is now the Tunis Go Tunisia . Phoenician immigration began in the 12th century BC ; these immigrants founded Carthage .