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Cdt. Nusair Marwan.
Political Geography(A2).

Tunisia
Introduction:
Tunisia is located in the north side of Africa and it bordered with the Mediterranean Sea from the north and the south. Tunisia is a very exciting place to go. Its weather is beautiful in the winter and perfect for tanning in the beach in summer. There are many place to visit in Tunisia like Bardo Museum; which has the world’s largest collection of Roman mosaics and other antiquities of interest from ancient Greece, Carthage, and from the Arab period, Port De France which is a comprised architecture and decoration from many different styles and periods and is believed to stand on the remains of Roman theater as well as the tenth century palace of Ziadib-Allah II al- Aghlab, Kantaoui Golf is one of the good golf places to play in and that was approved by PGA championship courses, Hannibal park, Hergla Karting park, and Friguia Safari park are the best place for fun and interesting things to do like big water slides, karting and drifting and you can also see the animals in the safari; including the endangered animals, Borabora is an amazing outside disco where you can dance and have a lot of fun, but it is only open during the summer.

History:
People and ideas have entered northwest Africa through Tunisia for centuries. According to tradition, the Phoenicians began to colonize the coast of Tunisia about 1100 B.C. and founded the famous city of Carthage near present day Tunis about 814 B.C. the Romans defeated Carthage in 146 B.C. and ruled Tunisia for the next 600 years. In A.D. 439, the Vandals, which is a European tribe, invaded Tunisia, defeated the romans, and captured Carthage. The Byzantines had lose control over Tunisia when Muslim Arabs from the middle east invaded in the mid-600s. the Arab invasion was a turning point in Tunisia’s history. Tunisia began slowly to become a part of Arab-Muslim

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