From Carthage to Kairouan, Tunisia, was a melting-pot of different civilizations. Indeed, Tunisia, the northernmost country of Africa has for over 3000 years witnessed the passage of Phoenicians, Romans, Byzantines, Arabs, Turks, and French. Here are the main civilizations that Tunisia knows:

• CARTHAGE
• MUSLIM ARABS INVADE NORTH AFRICA
• OUMAYAD CALIPHS (Kairouan)
• ABBASSID CALIPHS ( based in Kairouan)
• AGHLABID DYNASTY (Kairouan)
• FATIMID DYNASTY (Mahdia)
• ZIRID DYNASTY
• NORMANS
• ALMOHADS
• HAFSID DYNASTY (based in Tunis)
• OTTOMAN EMPIRE DEY DYNASTY
• MURADITE DYNASTY
• HUSSAINITE DYNASTY
• REPUBLIC / INDEPENDENCE