Around 480 B.C. this North African city-state controlled most of the western Mediterranean
... states in the 
Mediterranean, controlling much of the coast of western North Africa, .... powerful 
and more lethal foe than the loose confederations of Greek citystates that they 
... Rome, which before the war had never fought outside of Italy, now controlled a
... [DOC] [TLE] The wealth of Africa Carthage - British Museum [PAR] more accessible to the likely reading ages of the students.