See also:

• MAHDIA (also spelt Mehdia, Mehedia, &c.)

MAHDIA (also spelt Mehdia, Mehedia, &c.)  , a See also:

• TOWN

town of See also:

• TUNISIA (Regency of Tunis)

Tunisia, on the See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast between the gulfs of Hammamet and See also:

• GABES

Gabes, 47 M. by See also:

• RAIL

rail S.S.E. of See also:

• SUSA (anc. Segusio, q.v.)
• SUSA (Biblical, Shushan)
• SUSA (Fr. Sousse)

Susa . Pop. about 8000 . Mandia is built on a rocky See also:

• PENINSULA
• PENINSULA (Lat. paeninsula, from paene, almost, and insula, an island)

peninsula which projects eastward about a mile beyond the normal coast See also:

• LINE

line, and is not more than a See also:

• QUARTER (through Fr. from Lat. quartarius, fourth part)

quarter of a mile wide . The extremity of the peninsula is called See also:

• RAS

Ras Mandia or Cape See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa—Africa being the name by which Mandia was designated by See also:

• FROISSART, JEAN (1338-1410?)

Froissart and other See also:

• EUROPEAN

European historians during the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle ages and the See also:

• RENAISSANCE, THE

Renaissance . In the centre of the peninsula and occupying its highest point is a citadel (16th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century); another See also:

• CASTLE
• CASTLE (Lat. castellum, a fort, diminutive of castra, a camp; Fr. chateau and chdtel)

castle farther See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west is now used as a See also:

• PRISON (derived through the Fr. from the Lat. prehensio, seizure)

prison and is in the centre of the native town . The European quarter and the new See also:

• PORT

port are on the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south-west See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side of the peninsula . The port is available for small boats only; steamers See also:

• ANCHOR (from the Greek ayrcvpa, which Vossius considers is from 6yi17 , a crook or hook)

anchor in the roadstead about a quarter of a mile from the See also:

• SHORE

shore . On the south-See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east, cut out of the See also:

• ROCK
• ROCK (O.Fr. rake, Sp. rota, Ital. rocca; possibly from a Lat. form rupica, from rupes, rock)
• ROCK, DANIEL (1799–187t)

rock, is the See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient See also:

• HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour, or cothon, measuring about 48o ft by 240 It., the entrance being 42 ft. wide . There are manufactories of See also:

• OLIVE (Olea europaea)

olive oil, but the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

• INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry is sardine fishing, largely in the hands of Italians . Mandia occupies the site of a Phoenician See also:

• SETTLEMENT
• SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

settlement and by some authorities is identified with the town called Turris Hannibalis by the See also:

• ROMANS
• ROMANS, EPISTLE TO THE

Romans . See also:

• HANNIBAL
• HANNIBAL (" mercy " or " favour of Baal ")

Hannibal is said to have embarked here on his See also:

• EXILE (Lat. exsilium or exilium, from exsul or exul, which is derived from ex, out of, and the root sal, to go, seen in salire, to leap, consul, &c.; the connexion with solum, soil, country is now generally considered wrong)

exile from See also:

• CARTHAGE
• CARTHAGE (Phoenician Kart-hadshat, " New City "; Gr. Kapxn5c; v, Lat. Carthago or Carchedon)
• CARTHAGE, SYNODS OF

Carthage . After the Arab See also:

• CONQUEST

conquest of See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North Africa the town See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell into decay .

It was refounded in 912 by the first Fatimite See also:

• CALIPH, CALIF

caliph, 'Obaidallah-al-See also:

• MANDI

Mandi, after whom it was named . It became the port of See also:

• KAIRAWAN (KEROUAN)

Kairawan and was for centuries a See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of considerable importance, largely owing to its See also:

• GREAT

great natural strength, and its position on the Mediterranean . It carried on an active See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade with See also:

• EGYPT

Egypt, See also:

• SYRIA

Syria and See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain . The town was occupied by the See also:

• NORMANS

Normans of See also:

• SICILY (Ital. Sicilia)

Sicily in the 12th century, but after holding it for about twelve years they were driven out in 1159 by the See also:

• ALMOHADES (properly Muwahhadis, i.e. " Unitarians," the name being corrupted through the Spanish)

Almohades . In 1390 a See also:

• JOINT (through Fr. from Lat. junctum, jungere, to join)

joint See also:

• ENGLISH

English and See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French force vainly besieged Mandia for sixty-one days . In the See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• PART

part of the 16th century the See also:

• CORSAIR (through the Fr. from the Med. Lat. cursarius, a pirate; cursus, or cursa, from currere, to run, being Late Latin for a plundering foray)

corsair Dragut seized the town and made it his See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital, but in 1550 the See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place was captured by the Spaniards, who held it until 1J94 . Before evacuating the town the Spaniards dismantled the fortifications . Under the See also:

• RULE

rule of the See also:

• TURKS

Turks and, later, the beys of See also:

• TUNIS

Tunis Mandia became a place of little importance . It was occupied by the French in 1881 without opposition, and regained some of its former commercial importance . During 1908 See also:

• NUMBERS, BOOK OF
• NUMBERS, PARTITION OF

numbers of bronzes and other See also:

• WORKS

works of See also:

• ART

art were recovered from a See also:

• VESSEL (O. Fr. vaissel, from a rare Lat. vascellum, dim. of vas, vase, urn)

vessel wrecked off Mandia in the,5th century A.D . (see Classical See also:

• REVIEW (Fr. revue, from revoir, to see again, Lat. re and videre)

Review, See also:

• JUNE

June 1909) .