Mezue nkebi ahịrịokwu a: Alaeze Ptolemaic na ndị Pun malitere ịzụ enyí ndị Africa n'ihi otu nzube ahụ, dị ka Numidia na Alaeze Kush mere. Anụmanụ e ji mee ihe bụ enyí North Africa ("Loxodonta africana pharaohensis") nke ga-apụ n'anya site n'ịrụbiga ọrụ ókè. Anụmanụ ndị a pere mpe, siri ike ịzụlite, na enweghị ike igwu mmiri miri emi ma e jiri ha tụnyere enyí ndị Eshia nke Alaeze Ukwu Seleucid ji mee ihe n'ebe ọwụwa anyanwụ nke mpaghara Mediterenian, ọkachasị enyí ndị Siria, nke guzo n'ubu. O yiri ka à na-ere ma ọ dịkarịa ala ụfọdụ n'ime enyí ndị Siria ná mba ọzọ. Enwe ọkacha mmasị, ma eleghị anya nke ikpeazụ lanarịrịnụ, enyí nke
Ihe mere Hannibal ji gafee ugwu Alps bụ anụmanụ mara mma a kpọrọ "Surus" ("onye Siria"), nke nwere ike ịbụ nke ndị Siria, ọ bụ ezie na ihe akaebe ahụ ka na-edochaghị anya.