Rangarira ndima iri pasi apa uye ipapo pindura mubvunzo gare gare mumutauro mumwe chetewo sechikamu:  Kupfuura: Umambo hwePtolemaic nevaPunic vakatanga kuwana nzou dzeAfrica nechinangwa chimwe chetecho, sezvakaita Numidia 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 nevaSeleucid kumabvazuva kwenzvimbo yeMediterranean, kunyanya nzou dzokuSiriya, dzaimiririra 2.5<unk>3.5 metres (8.2<unk>11.5 ft) papfudzi. Zvinoita sokuti dzimwe nzou dzokuSiriya dzaitengeswa kunze kwenyika. Nzou yaifarirwa, uye zvichida yokupedzisira kupukunyuka, yokuyambuka Alps kwaHannibal yakanga iri mhuka inoshamisa yainzi Surus ("muSiria"), iyo ingave yakabva kuSiria, kunyange zvazvo uchapupu hunoramba husina kujeka. Kubvira mukupera kwema1940, tsanga yenyanzvi yakataura kuti nzou dzomusango dzeAfrica dzaishandiswa naNumidia, vaPtolemy nemauto eCarthage hadzina kutakura howdahs kana turrets muhondo, zvichida nemhaka yokushaya simba kwomuviri kworudzi rwacho. Zvimwe zvinotaurwa nezvemapako muzvinyorwa zvekare zvirokwazvo hazvina kururama kana kuti ndezvekunyepedzera, asi zvimwe zvinotaurwa hazvibviswi pachena nyore nyore. Pane uchapupu hwakajeka hwemazuva ano hunoratidza kuti uto raJuba I weNumidia raivawo nenzou dzine shongwe muna 46 BC. Izvi zvinosimbiswa nomufananidzo wenzou yeAfrica ine shongwe yakashandiswa pamari yeJuba II. Izvi zvinoratidzikawo kuti ndizvo zvakaitika nemauto aPtolemy: Polybius anoshuma kuti muhondo yeRaphia muna 217 BC nzou dzaPtolemy IV dzaitakura turrets; nzou idzi dzaive diki zvakanyanya kudarika nzou dzeAsia dzakatorwa nemaSeleucids uye saka dzinofungidzirwa kuti nzou dzesango dzeAfrica. Panewo uchapupu hwokuti nzou dzehondo dzeCarthaginian dzaiva nemapako uye mahowdah mune zvimwe zviitiko zvechiuto. Kumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumaodzanyemba, madzinza angadai akawana nzou yeAfrica savanna (Loxodonta africana oxyotis). Kunyange zvazvo dzakakura zvikuru kupfuura nzou yomusango yeAfrica kana kuti nzou yeAsia, idzi dzakaratidza kuva dzakaoma...  Mubvunzo: Nzou dzaiita basa rei muSri Lanka?
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