Home of the ancient city of Carthage, Tunisia is an important player in the Mediterranean, thanks to its location in the centre of North Africa. "Tunisia" (Arabic: تونس About this sound Tūnis; Berber: ⵜⵓⵏⴻⵙ; French: Tunisie), officially the Tunisian Republic (Arabic: الجمهورية التونسية About this sound al-Jumhūrīya at-Tūnisīya; Berber: ⵜⴰⴳⴷⵓⴷⴰ ⵏ ⵜⵓⵏⴻⵙ) is the northernmost country in Africa, covering 165,000 square kilometres (64,000 square miles).
At the beginning of recorded history, Tunis…