Timeline / 800 to 1400 /

Date Country | Description

827 A.D. Tunisia

The begin the conquest of Sicily.

836 A.D. Tunisia

Construction of the Great Mosque of .

863 A.D. Tunisia

Construction of the Zaytuna Mosque in Tunis.

876 A.D. Tunisia

Foundation of the town of Raqqada a few kilometres outside Kairouan.

921 A.D. Tunisia

Foundation of the town of , capital of the Fatimids.

947 A.D. Tunisia

Foundation of princely town of Sabra-al Mansuriya.

971 - 973 A.D. Tunisia

Foundation of (Egypt). The Fatimids leave for Cairo.

1007 A.D. Tunisia

Foundation of the Qal’at Bani Hammad (Algeria).

1015 A.D. Tunisia

The Zirid princes share out the kingdom of and the fortress of the Bani Hammad.

1016 - 1062 A.D. Tunisia

Foundation of the kingdom of al-Mu‘izz ibn Badis, which splits from the of Cairo.

1050 - 1052 A.D. Tunisia

Ifriqiya is invaded by Hilalian tribes from Egypt. Split into several different kingdoms, Ifriqiya falls to the invaders.

1118 - 1156 A.D. Tunisia Date Country | Description

Norman incursions on the coast of Ifriqiya. The Djerba and Kerkennah islands, along with the towns of Gabès, Sfax, Mahdia and Sousse, are occupied by the Normans.

1160 A.D. Tunisia

Reconquest of the coast by the Almohads and reunification of Ifriqiya.

1184 - 1209 A.D. Tunisia

The powers of the Almohads declines.

1228 - 1236 A.D. Tunisia

The Hafsid Kingdom of Tunis exerts a remarkable influence in politics, economics and culture.

1253 A.D. Tunisia

The socio-cultural movement in Ifriqiya flourishes with individuals such as Sidi Bou Saïd and Sidi Mehrez venerated as patron saints.

1270 A.D. Tunisia

Death of Louis IX at the gates of Carthage during the Eighth Crusade against the Kingdom of Tunis.

1277 - 1370 A.D. Tunisia

The century is marked by trials and crises that shake the Hafsid kingdom: civil wars, foreign incursions and cholera epidemics.

1316 A.D. Tunisia

Birth of the illustrious scholar Ibn Arfa.

1332 A.D. Tunisia

Birth of the illustrious scholar Ibn Khaldun in Tunis.

1370 - 1394 A.D. Tunisia

Political stability under the reign of the Hafsid princes.

1394 - 1434 A.D. Tunisia

Development of commercial relations with Italian towns.