Tunisian History and Politics

Ancient to Colonial History

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  1. Which people from Tyre founded Carthage, traditionally in 814 BC?
  2. Which Carthaginian general crossed the Alps with elephants in 218 BC?
  3. Which Roman general defeated Hannibal at Zama in 202 BC?
  4. Which Roman commander destroyed Carthage in 146 BC at the end of the Third Punic War?
  5. Which name did the Romans give to the province they created around Carthage in 146 BC?
  6. Which town, once Thysdrus, has one of the best preserved Roman amphitheatres in the world?
  7. Which hilltop site near Téboursouk, called Thugga in Roman times, has a Capitol and a theatre?
  8. Which Roman site in north-west Tunisia is famous for villas built partly underground to escape the heat?
  9. Which Cap Bon site is a rare Punic town that was left largely unbuilt over after its fall?
  10. Which Germanic people captured Carthage in 439?
  11. Which general of the emperor Justinian reconquered Carthage from the Vandals in 533 and 534?
  12. Who founded Kairouan around 670 as a base for the Muslim conquest of the Maghreb?
  13. Which dynasty ruled Ifriqiya from Kairouan from 800, and conquered Sicily?
  14. Which Shia dynasty founded Mahdia as its capital in 921 and later conquered Egypt?
  15. Which dynasty governed Ifriqiya for the Fatimids after 972 and broke away in the eleventh century?
  16. Which dynasty ruled from Tunis from 1229 and made it a major Mediterranean power?
  17. Which Tunis-born scholar wrote the Muqaddimah, an introduction to history?
  18. In which year did the Ottomans finally take Tunis from the Spaniards?
  19. Which dynasty of beys ruled Tunisia from 1705 until 1957?
  20. Which bey abolished slavery in 1846, earlier than most Muslim-majority states?
  21. Which text of 1861 is regarded as the first constitution in the Arab world?
  22. Which treaty, imposed in May 1881, made Tunisia a French protectorate?
  23. Which party, founded in 1934 at Ksar Hellal, led the independence movement?
  24. Which trade union federation, founded in 1946 by Farhat Hached, played a leading role in the struggle for independence?
  25. Which February 1943 battle in the Tunisian campaign was the first major clash between US and German forces?

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