2007-09-19 14:43:35 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
there where blacks in Northern african so dont give me an crazy answer like he was punic or something and no one really has an official statue on him just a coin so come on now people give me better info
2007-09-19 15:14:42 · update #1
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2007-09-23 12:29:51 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
Neither, exactly. He was a Carthaginian, descended from Phoencian colonists. The Phoenicians were a Semitic people, living of Syrian port cities (esp. Tyre).
The names involved reveal the heritage. Both are Punic (the language of the colonists, derived from Phoenician).
"Carthage" is based on the Punic name "Kart Chadasht", meaning "New City" (that is, 'new Tyre').
"Hannibal" is Punic as well, meaning "The Lord ["bal" -- related to the Hebrew word ba'al, title used for various gods] is gracious [cf. Hannah, Hebrew name meaning "gracious"]"
You will sometimes hear claims that Hannibal HAD to be black, because he came from Africa. But this misses the fact of Punic colonization along the Northern coast of Africa.
2007-09-19 15:04:58 · answer #2 · answered by bruhaha 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
There is a picture on Wikipedia of a Roman marble bust of Hannibal found at Capua (Museo Nazionale, Naples) and apparently made in his honor during Hannibal's own lifetime.
And there is a coin from the period at the Livius site.
2007-09-19 15:10:13 · answer #3 · answered by dlpm 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
"bruhaha" has given the correct considered intellectual answer. BUT ; the liberal media will eventually get most non-thinking people to assume Hannibal is black by repeatedly casting him as such.
2016-06-06 15:27:57 · answer #4 · answered by ? 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He is pictured as white
2007-09-22 07:31:27 · answer #5 · answered by Raj 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋