Hannibal was a famous Carthaginian general who lived in the 3rd century BC. He is best known for leading the Carthaginian army and its war elephants across the Alps during the Second Punic War against Rome. The term Punic refers to the ancient Phoenician civilization that inhabited the region of North Africa now known as Tunisia. DIDO was the founder and first queen of Carthage, a city-state in North Africa. She was a SEMITE, a term used to describe people who spoke a Semitic language, such as Hebrew, Arabic, and Aramaic. Hanno was another Carthaginian general who led an expedition to explore the Atlantic coast of Africa in the 5th century BC.