Tunisia became independent in 1956 after more than 70 years as a French protectorate.
|
|
|
| Tunisia became a center of
piracy, on which the public treasury depended until about 1817. As the country fell into
political and economic chaos, Great Britain, Italy, and France vied for influence. France
finally gained a free hand at the 1878 Congress of Berlin and established a protectorate
in 1881. |
|
|
The Republic of Tunisia,
smallest of the four countries in the North African Maghrib, borders Algeria on the west
and Libya on the southeast. On the east and north it has nearly 1,300 km (800 mi) of
Mediterranean coastline. |
Tunisia became independent in 1956 after more than 70 years as a French protectorate. |
|