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Persia-Carthage War

So lets say Cambyses has more success in Libya and begins a long series of wars with Carthage. The succeeding Persian Kings, instead of attacking Greece, focus their efforts against Carthage. What is the result? Could Carthage be conquered?
Another expedition against the Siwa Oasis also failed and the plan of attacking Carthage was frustrated by the refusal of the Phoenicians to operate against their kindred.
According to Herodotus 3.26, Cambyses sent an army to threaten the Oracle of Amun at the Siwa Oasis. The army of 50,000 men was halfway across the desert when a massive sandstorm sprang up, burying them all.[16] Although many Egyptologists regard the story as a myth, people have searched for the remains of the soldiers for many years.
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