Tunisia historical and social background

This book presents a study of the historical and social background of Tunisian society, in twenty-five chapters. It included extensive information about the relations between Egypt and Tunisia throughout history, and the accession of Queen Cleopatra VIII - daughter of the famous Cleopatra VII, Queen of Egypt - to rule Tunisia, and then her son Ptolemy after her. It also included a legend. Pygmalion and Alyssa the Phoenician, who established the Carthage Empire that dominated the Mediterranean basin, then came the Romans, Vandals, and Byzantines... and the Arab-Islamic conquest and the emergence of Kairouan, the second Islamic city in Africa, and the attack of the Banu Hilal tribes - at the urging of the Fatimids in Egypt - to take revenge on the Islamic Zirid state in Kairouan, where they committed the most heinous crimes that are inconsistent with Islam and its human teachings.. Then came the Turks, then the French.. However, Tunisian women were able to preserve the identity of their people and were behind the development of marriage traditions in Tunisian society, until the most advanced personal status laws in the Arab countries were issued. .