# North Africa During the Classical Period — WHE Article Discussion **URL:** \ **Category:** WHE Articles\ **Created:** [December 15, 2011, 3:25pm UTC](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/north-africa-during-the-classical-period-whe-article-discussion/5408 "2011-12-15T15:25:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jvdc](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/community.worldhistory.org/jvdc/32/28_2.png) [@jvdc](https://community.worldhistory.org/u/jvdc)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2011, 3:25pm UTC](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/north-africa-during-the-classical-period-whe-article-discussion/5408/1 "2011-12-15T15:25:08Z")
Phoenician traders arrived on the North African coast around 900 B.C. and established Carthage (in present-day Tunisia) around 800 B.C. By the sixth century B.C., a Phoenician presence existed at Tipasa (east of Cherchell in Algeria). From their principal center of power at Carthage, the Carthaginians expanded and established small settlements (called emporia in Greek) along the North African coast; these settlements eventually served as market towns as well as anchorages. Hippo Regius (modern Annaba) and Rusicade (modern Skikda) are among the towns of Carthaginian origin on the coast of present-day Algeria. * * * _This is a companion discussion topic for the original content at [https://www.worldhistory.org/article/293/north-africa-during-the-classical-period/](https://www.worldhistory.org/article/293/north-africa-during-the-classical-period/)._ ---
**Author:** ![jvdc](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/community.worldhistory.org/jvdc/32/28_2.png) [@jvdc](https://community.worldhistory.org/u/jvdc)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2026, 12:57am UTC](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/north-africa-during-the-classical-period-whe-article-discussion/5408/2 "2026-07-29T00:57:11Z")