An inventory of movable property of the church of Africa inventarium thesauri Africani exists in an archive of the of in Sicily | Weisel, Eva 27 December 2011 |
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It remained under Turkish rule until the | "Aphrodisium, which is now commonly called Africa, but by the Moors Mahdia"• , A Military History of the Western World, Volume I, Da Capo Press, 1987, p |
Shortly after Mahdia was reoccupied by the Ottomans, but only to live by fishing and oil-works, and the town lost its logistic and commercial importance.
In 1160 the city came under rule | History [ ] The old part of Mahdia corresponds to the city called Aphrodisium and, later, called Africa a name perhaps derived from the older name , or Cape Africa |
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[ ] During the in , Mahdia was the site where hid approximately nearly two dozen persecuted | Later the city was subject to many raids |
The dynasty had its residence here in the 11th century, but was brought to an end by the in 1148.
8[ ] In 1087, by raiding ships from and who burned the Muslim fleet in the harbor | The attack played a critical role in Christians' seizure of control of the Western Mediterranean, which allowed the to be supplied by sea |
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In 1390 it was the target of the , when a French army laid siege to the city but failed to take it | The emperor ordered the Viceroy of Sicily, , to dismantle Mahdia despite it being a strategically important stronghold |
Transport [ ] forms the southern terminus of the railway line, which runs from and.
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