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Tunisia Posters, Art Prints, Charts, Maps
& curriculum enrichment resources for social studies classrooms and homeschoolers.
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educational posters > geography > Africa > Tunisia Posters < Middle East < social studies
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 The Republic of Tunisia is on the northern Mediterranean coast of Africa between Libya to the south and east, and Algeria to the west. While the Sahara Desert is the landscape most associated with Tunisia, there is also a Mediterranean climate along the coast with fertile land that has been farmed for millinenia. The capital of Tunisia is Tunis, which is located on the Gulf of Tunis.
Earliest inhabitants of the area were the Berber nomads. The Phoenicians settled on the coast c. 10th century BC, with Carthage, founded by Queen Dido, after becoming the the dominate power of the Mediterranean by defeating the Greeks.
Rome eventually conquered Carthage in the 2nd century BC after a series of wars that included Hannibal's march with war elephants from Iberia, over the Pyrenees and Alps to northern Italy.
Tunisia was conquered by Arab Muslims in the 7th century AD, after being held by both the Vandals and Byzantines. Tunisia was the first Mediterranean country to sign an associate agreement with the European Union (EU).
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The Sahara Desert composes 40% of Tunisia. The town of Douz is known as the "gateway to the Sahara" and historically was a producer of dates as well as a stop on the trans-Saharan caravan routes.
The Sahara Festival is an annual celebration of traditional ways and culture.
Earliest inhabitants of the area were the Berber nomads. |
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The Phoenicians, who dominated Mediterranean with their ships and trading after defeating the Greeks, settled on the Tunisian coast c. 10th century BC.
Carthage, which means "new town", was founded by Queen Dido, a refugee from her brother in Tyre (today's Lebanon); Carthage was a separate political entity from other Phoenician settlements.
The Carthaginian invasion of Italy by Hannibal, who took war elephants from northern Africa through the Iberian peninsula and over the Alps, was one of the wars that stymied Rome, though Rome eventually conquered Carthage.
Did you know? - the name Hannibal means 'Ba'al is my grace'? The original Semetic meaning of ba'al is "master' or "lord"; the word ba'al in Engish generally refers to false gods.
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Thugga, today's Dougga, a UNESCO World Heritage site, is the best preserved Roman small town in Tunisia. The elevated site overlooks a rich agricultural area, valued as a "bread basket" since antiquity.
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Tunis Print
available at-
barewalls.com
Art.com
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St-Germain-Tunis, view from the Beach, Art Print,
Paul Klee
b. 12-18-1879; Switzerland
d. 6-29-1940
available at-
barewalls.com
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Continent of Africa
Poster Text includes
PHYSICAL FEATURES/CLIMATE
Many people think of Africa as all jungle, but there is ans much desert as jungle on the continent. ... RESOURCES ... HISTORY/PEOPLE ...
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Satellite Map of Africa Poster
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African Animals Poster
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![Punic coin bearing the head of Hamilcar Barca [Hannibal] (c.270-228 BC) minted at Carthage, c.230 BC, Giclee Print](http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/BRGPOD/84249_a.jpg)
