Tunis

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Tunis is located close by in the north of Lake Tunis and the Gulf of Tunis a low lagoon in the Mediterranean. The city is the historic city center (Medina), the city expanded again during the colonial period as.
City neighborhoods are: Le Bardo (district government) where there are a number of museums, the Belvedere neighborhood, El Menzah, Ariana, and South Megrine and Ben Arous. During the colonial period, the French have built a street bus and a 10 km long dike along Lake Tunis. The bus was later extended, now connecting the port of La Goulette city in northern port is historic settlements of the Phoenicians founded Carthage, Sidi Bou Said, La Marsa and Gammarth. South east of Tunisia Hammam-Lif the city.

Historical
Old Time
In the second millennium BC, a town originally named Tunis, was founded by Berbers and occupied over time by numizi. In the ninth century after Christ, was the city's ocupatd by Phoenicians from Carthage. Berbers took control of Tunisia in 395 BC, but was quickly lost when Agatocles invaded Africa and has established its headquarters there. When Agatocles left Africa, the Carthaginians took control of the city again. In 146 AD the Romans destroyed Tunisia (along with Carthage). The town was subsequently rebuilt under the domination of Augustus and became an important town under Romanian domination and the center of a thriving agricultural economy.

Islamic Period
No earlier than the seventh century, after total ditrugerea Carthage, the city got its own importance in the Arab Muslim control. At this time the medina of Tunis has been rebuilt for the first time.
From the 12th century until the. 16th century was controlled by the Berber Almohad dynasties and Hafsid. During this time Tunisia was one of the richest and largest cities in the Islamic world, with a population of aprox.100000 inhabitants.

Ottoman domination and piracy
Ottoman Empire took control of the city in 1534 when Barbarossa conquered the Sultan Hayredin Hafsid, many Hassan. Mula Hassan fled the court of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor and King of Spain. Charles has agreed to reintegrate him Hassanin exchange by accepting the sovereignty of Spain Mula Hassan. A naval expedition was led by Charles himself in 1535 and sent the city was quickly recaptured. Victory against pirates has been transposed into a tapestry at the Royal Palace in Madrid.

Hit Protectorate lasted until the Ottomans retook Tunis in 1574. After 1591 Ottoman governors (to be called Bey) were relatively independent, and piracy and trade were to continue blooming.
In April 1655 English Admiral Robert Blake was sent out to the Mediterranean M. compensation from countries that have attacked the English fleet. Only Tunisia Bey refused to obey because the 15 ships attacked Blake's arsenal at Porto brake bey (Ghar El Melchi) Algerian destroying nine ships, two military batteries ashore.

Modern Period
Arab League was headquartered in Tunis from 1979 to 1990. Arab League represents 22 Arab nations that has transferred its headquarters in Tunis in 1979 because of Egypt's peace with Israel, but moved back to Egypt since 1990.

City neighborhoods are called: Le Bardo (district government) where there are a number of museums, the Belvedere neighborhood, El Menzah, Ariana, and South Megrine and Ben Arous. During the colonial period, the French have built a street bus and a 10 km long dike along Lake Tunis. The bus was later extended, now connecting the port of La Goulette city in northern port is historic settlements of the Phoenicians founded Carthage, Sidi Bou Said, La Marsa and Gammarth. South east of Tunisia Hammam-Lif the city.

Tunis | Tunis is located close by in the north of Lake Tunis and the Gulf of Tunis a low lagoon in the Mediterranean. The city is the historic city center (Medina), the city expanded again during the colonial period as

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