Around 480 B.C. this North African city-state controlled most of the western Mediterranean
The empire extended over much of the coast of North Africa 
as well as .... By 480 BC, Gelo, the tyrant leader of Greek Syracuse, backed in 
part by... [DOC] [TLE] History of Carthage - Wikipedia [PAR] Carthage was founded in the 9th century BC on the coast of North Africa, in what 
is now Tunisia.