A TIMELINE OF TUNISIA
By Tim Lambert
8,000 BC People in Tunisia live by hunting and gathering
5,000 BC People in Tunisia live by farming
1100 BC The Phoenicians settle and trade in Tunisia
814 BC The Phoenicians found Carthage
c 500 BC Carthage becomes independent of Phoenicia
263-241 BC Carthage fights Rome
218-202 BC Carthage fights Rome again but is defeated
149-143 BC A third war ends with the destruction of Carthage. However the Romans build a new city of Carthage.
439 AD Carthage is captured by the Vandals
533 AD Carthage is captured by the Eastern Roman Empire (the Byzantine Empire)
698 The Arabs take Carthage
909 The Fatamids take power in Tunisia
921 The Fatamids found Mahida
1148 The Normans capture Mahida
1159 The Almohads capture Tunis
1574 The ottoman Turks capture Tunisia
1655 The English bombard Porto Farina
1705 Hussain Ibn Ali begins the Hussainid dynasty
1881 Tunisia becomes a French protectorate
1956 Tunisia becomes independent
1964 Oil is discovered in Tunisia
1987 Ben Ali becomes leader of Tunisia
2011 After demonstrations Ben Ali is forced to flee Tunisia
Last Revised 2011