Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Umambo hwePtolemaic nevaPunic vakatanga kuwana nzou dzomuAfrica nokuda kwechinangwa chimwe chetecho, 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 yaidiwa zvikuru, uye zvichida yokupedzisira kupukunyuka, yaHannibal paakayambuka Alps
yaiva mhuka inonakidza yainzi "Surus" ("muSiria"), iyo ingave yakabva kuSiria, kunyange zvazvo uchapupu hwacho husina kujeka.