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*The '''Ottoman Empire''' established control in 1574 and held sway for over 300 years. | *The '''Ottoman Empire''' established control in 1574 and held sway for over 300 years. | ||
*The '''French''' conquered Tunisia in 1881. | *The '''French''' conquered Tunisia in 1881. | ||
*Tunisia gained independence in 1957. | *Under French colonization, European settlements in the country were actively encouraged; the number of '''French colonists''' grew from 34,000 in 1906 to 144,000 in 1945. In 1910 there were 105,000 '''Italians''' in Tunisia. | ||
*From the late 19th century to the period after World War II, Tunisia was home to '''large populations of French and Italians''' (255,000 Europeans in 1956), although nearly all of them, along with the '''Jewish''' population, left after Tunisia became independent. | |||
*The history of the '''Jews''' in Tunisia goes back some 2,000 years. In 1948, the Jewish population was estimated at 105,000, but by 2013 only about 1000 remained. | |||
*Tunisia gained independence in 1957.<ref>"Tunisia," in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunisia#Demographics, accessed 8 August 2021.</ref> | |||
==Emigration From Tunisia== | ==Emigration From Tunisia== | ||