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People: Philippe de Mézières
Topic: Tunis, Conquest of (1574)
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Tunis, Conquest of (1574)

Years: 1574 - 1574

The Conquest of Tunis in 1574 marks he final conquest of Tunis by the Ottoman Empire over the Spanish Empire. This is an event of great significance as it decided that North Africa will be under Muslim rather than Christian rule and ends the Spanish Conquista of Northern Africa started under Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon. The Ottomans now dominate the eastern and central Maghreb.

"History should be taught as the rise of civilization, and not as the history of this nation or that. It should be taught from the point of view of mankind as a whole, and not with undue emphasis on one's own country. Children should learn that every country has committed crimes and that most crimes were blunders. They should learn how mass hysteria can drive a whole nation into folly and into persecution of the few who are not swept away by the prevailing madness."

—Bertrand Russell, On Education (1926)