Pedzisa mashoko anotevera: Umambo hwePtolemaic nevaPunic vakatanga kutenga nzou dzokuAfrica nechinangwa chimwe chete, sezvakaitwa neNumidia noUmambo hweKush. Mhuka yakashandiswa yakanga iri nzou yokuNorth Africa ("Loxodonta africana pharaohensis") iyo yaizoparara nemhaka yokunyanyoshandiswa. Mhuka idzi dzaiva duku, dzakaoma kudzidzora, uye dzakanga dzisingakwanisi kushambira nzizi dzakadzika kana dzichienzaniswa nenzou dzokuAsia dzaishandiswa noUmambo hwaSeleucid kumabvazuva kwenzvimbo yeMediterranean, zvikurukuru nzou dzokuSiriya, idzo dzakanga dzakamira papfudzi. Zvinoita sokuti dzimwe nzou dzokuSiriya dzaitengeswa kunze kwenyika. Nzou inodiwa zvikurusa, uye zvichida yokupedzisira kupukunyuka, ye
Kuyambuka kweAlps kwakaitwa naHannibal kwaiva mhuka inoshamisa yainzi "Surus" ("muSiriya"), iyo ingangodaro yaibva kuSiriya, kunyange zvazvo uchapupu hwacho husina kujeka.