Tunis in the Islamic Period

Tunis in the Islamic Period

Figure 1. Tunis "View of the City of Tunis the Capital of that Kingdom on the Coast of Barbary", Copper etching by Bankes. Published by C. Cooke in London, ca 1775. Source: www.raremaps.de/printsnorthafrica.html

Tunis was rebuilt under the Roman Emperor Augustus in the first century AD, but without the importance of Carthage. The Muslims re-fortified it in 720 AD, and built the Zaytouna Mosque.

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