Uncontacted contemporaries · 514 overlapping years

Carthaginian Empire Jomon Culture

For 514 years — from 814 BCE to 300 BCE — both civilizations existed simultaneously. Neither this dataset nor the historical record shows any documented trade, war, or diplomatic contact between them.

14,000 BCE 146 BCE

Carthaginian Empire

814 BCE–146 BCE

Jomon Culture

14,000 BCE–300 BCE

↑ Overlap begins, 814 BCE

Carthaginian Empire

North African coast and western Mediterranean

Originally a Phoenician colony, Carthage grew into Rome's chief rival for control of the western Mediterranean.

Jomon Culture

Japanese archipelago

A remarkably long-lived hunter-gatherer culture in Japan, notable for producing some of the world's earliest pottery long before agriculture took hold.

Traits both developed independently

With no documented contact, any shared trait below represents independent development rather than transmission from one to the other.

Long-distance trade Seafaring

Carthaginian Empire only

Monumental architecture
Bronze metallurgy
Iron metallurgy
Irrigation agriculture
Standing army
Codified law
Urban planning

Jomon Culture only

No traits unique to Jomon Culture in this comparison.