Why did the Phoenicians move all the way to North Africa?

Ok so what is the agenda here? Let me guess, they didn't and Carthage was actually native African and of course this somehow means Subsaharan Africa.

Blahblahblah whitey blahblah gib money.

Look. If what you want is money and gibs, just fucking say it. I'm sick and tired of this shit.

Sage goes on all fields.

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>>2631463
Because they followed the westwards routes for copper, silver and tin that the Cypriots whom they had conquered followed during the late bronze age.

>>2631474
What the hell are you talking about? Fucking retard.

>>2631474
>>2631481
>>>/pol/

>>2631478
Interesting. Did the Carthaginians hold political power over the original Phoenicia in Canaan?

>>2631515
No.

>>2631463
As
>>2631478
Says, Phoenician settlers followed trade routes and set up settlements all over the Mediterranean. When the traditional Phoenician cities (namely Tyre) started to decline, the city of Carthage took over the existing trade system in the power vacuum.

History scrub here. So if I'm understanding this correctly carthaginians were phoenicians that migrated westwards?

>>2631714
Yes, it happened during the end of the 9th century bc/beginning of the 8th century, they founded Utica before Carthage though, which is in Tunisia like Carthage.

Utica means old town whereas Carthage means new town.