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Battle of Kasserine Pass
The Battle of Kasserine Pass in Tunisia (18-22 February 1943) was won by Axis German and Italian forces led by field marshal Erwin Rommel (1891-1944) against a combined Allied army of British, French, and US troops. The...
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Ibn Battuta
Ibn Battuta (l. 1304-1368/69) was a Moroccan explorer from Tangier whose expeditions took him further than any other traveler of his time and resulted in his famous work, The Rihla of Ibn Battuta. Scholar Douglas Bullis notes that...
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Second Punic War
The Second Punic War (The Hannibalic War) was fought between Carthage and Rome between 218 and 201 BCE. The war involved confrontations in Spain, Italy, Sicily, Sardinia, and North Africa. Hannibal led the Carthaginians, one of...
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The Description of Africa
The Description of Africa is the first comprehensive book about Africa, written by Leo Africanus, an African scholar trained in the Islamic intellectual tradition, in 1526, during the Italian Renaissance. A skillful mixture...
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Hamilcar Barca
Hamilcar Barca (c. 285 – c. 228 BCE) was a Carthaginian general active in the First Punic War (264-241 BCE). He then quashed a rebellion closer to home between 241 and 237 BCE before returning abroad, where he successfully expanded...
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The Tempest - Shakespeare's Magical Tragicomedy
The Tempest is a play by William Shakespeare (c. 1564-1616), written in 1610 or 1611, and first performed for the court of James I of England (r. 1603-1625) on 2 November 1611. Believed to be the last play...
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Battles & Conquests Of The Ottoman Empire (1299-1683)
Spanning across three continents and holding dominance over the Black and Mediterranean Seas, the Ottoman Sultanate (1299-1922) was a global military superpower between the 15th and 17th centuries...
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Byrsa Punic Houses, Carthage
Ruins of Punic residences in ancient Carthage, photograph by Carole Raddato, Tunisia, 19 February, 2023. Remains of Punic houses in the so-called District of Hannibal, the 2nd-century BCE Punic residential district...
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Roman Amphitheatre of Carthage
Ruins of the Roman amphitheatre in ancient Carthage, photograph by Carole Raddato, Tunisia, 12 February, 2023. The Roman amphitheatre in Carthage, located in modern-day Tunis, was built in the 1st century or the early...
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Baths of Antoninus, Carthage
Ruins of the Baths of Antoninus in Carthage, photograph by Carole Raddato, Tunisia, 12 February, 2023. The Baths of Antoninus in Carthage (modern-day Tunis) are a huge Roman bath complex built between 145 and 162 CE...
