Tunis
From their seat of power in Tunis, the Hafsid dynasty rose from the ashes of a unified rule across the whole of the Muslim world to become a powerful kingdom on the North African coast. Their shores brought wealth, both legally and less-so, from all corners of the Mediterranean as their ships traded with and plundered friend and foe alike. Trade with Christian Europe brought vast new markets to the Muslim trade networks, and piracy kept the wealth flowing when business fell through. The Hafsids continued their successful trade networks until absorbed by the Ottoman empire in the sixteenth century, bringing to an end over three hundred years of independent rule
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From their seat of power in Tunis, the Hafsid dynasty rose from the ashes of a unified rule across the whole of the Muslim world to become a powerful kingdom on the North African coast. Their shores brought wealth, both legally and less-so, from all corners of the Mediterranean as their ships traded with and plundered friend and foe alike. Trade with Christian Europe brought vast new markets to the Muslim trade networks, and piracy kept the wealth flowing when business fell through. The Hafsids continued their successful trade networks until absorbed by the Ottoman empire in the sixteenth century, bringing to an end over three hundred years of independent rule
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