Tunisia (Chaos)

Tunisia was a small north African country.
1230, the Berber Hafsids came to power in Tunis, the traditional capital of Tunisia.
In 1270 (as OTL), the French started the Seventh Crusade against Tunisia (Palestine was planned, but thought Tunis was better - it was certainly closer to his new lands in ), which ended in a defeat and king Louis IX's death.
1347-57, Tunisia was under the rule of . In the 15th century, it came under Seljuk influence, as did the other Barbary states.
1565, in the following the , the gave up Tunis and Sicily to the . After the , all of Tunisia followed in the 1604.
After the fell apart, Tunisia changed hands again: 1629, the disgraced commander of the Mediterranean fleet, a duke Francisco of , went to Sicily, together with the occupation forces fled from the and , set up the (unrecognized) kingdom of Sicily (incl. Tunis, and the Baleares).
1688, after the unification of and Sicily, Tunisia became a part of . Since then, the area was gradually Italianized.
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