Carthaginian Culture

Carthage retained a distictive blend of Punic and Greek culture. If more one than the pther it was more Phoenecian.

Yet that isn't conquering in itself.

Conquerors can be culturally lured and converted as Rome was and Carthage was partially.

I beleive so. There are examples of conquered nations "civilising" barbarian invaders, most notably the Romans in Greece

I think Medenaywe's saying that Alexander was successful because he won local consent by adopting the Persian practise of allowing conquered subjects to rule themselves.

Natives were part of Alexander's world(colony?!?) those days maybe!?!He had no reason to fight with them if they support conflict in 4 century B.C.

I have data that on place of Rome was settlement of several fishermen houses in that time(350-330BC).
Rome was inhabited with refuges from territories occupied by uncontrolled migration groups during those 70-80 years...Carthage needed this territory also.

Its quite easy to trace Carthage's or Rome's rise to prominence through the ancient historians and archaeological evidence. Carthage gradually took over the Phoenecian trade lanes and Phoenecian colonies. There is archaeological evidence for a Punic presence in the Azores West Africa, Spain, Africa. What evidence do you want? I can probably find it because there is plenty of it.

Originally posted by medenaywe Why did Alexander never attack Carthage?Earth had shifted suddenly and Carthage came there afterHis death?Before Alexander nobody attacked Rome&Carthage.Why?No Aliens please even if ancestors of those here on Balkans,Romans=Eastern&Western,insist on it as possible solution.According mental state of their mind:Hmmmm...

He died before he could even conquer India or Arabia? We have evidence a Carthaginian visited Alexander and found him hostile.

Reason are the same for both of them:there were no bigger habitats on those territories than fishermen towns.Hindu migration groups&others conflict had been exposed in history books.Hindu-European history books have reedited all the rest.Aliens&Predators conflict is missing about last 2300 years in books.But new chapter follows now...(I mean towns:Rome&Cartage in Alexander's time)