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1 day ago · History of Algeria. Prehistory. Antiquity. Middle Ages. Modern times. Contemporary era. Related topics. v. t. e. Much of the history of Algeria has taken place on the fertile coastal plain of North Africa, which is often called the Maghreb (or Maghreb).
3 days ago · History, language, customs, and an Islamic heritage make Algeria an integral part of the Maghreb and the larger Arab world, but the country also has a sizable Amazigh (Berber) population, with links to that cultural tradition.
Apr 24, 2024 · James McDougall - A History of Algeria (CUP, 30 April 2017) | Faculty of History. Covering a period of five hundred years, from the arrival of the Ottomans to the aftermath of the Arab uprisings, James McDougall presents an expansive new account of the modern history of Africa's largest country.
1 day ago · History of Algeria. The Algerian War (also known as the Algerian Revolution or the Algerian War of Independence) [nb 1] was a major armed conflict between France and the Algerian National Liberation Front (FLN) from 1954 to 1962, which led to Algeria winning its independence from France. [34]
- 1 November 1954 – 19 March 1962, (7 years, 4 months, 2 weeks and 4 days)
- French Algeria
- Independence of Algeria from France
May 14, 2024 · History. Algiers was founded by the Phoenicians as one of their numerous North African colonies. It was known to the Carthaginians and the Romans as Icosium. The town was sacked by the Mauretanian chieftain Firmus in 373 ce, and was further damaged by the Vandals in the 5th century ce.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
1 day ago · North Africa, region of Africa comprising the modern countries of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya. The geographic entity North Africa has no single accepted definition. It has been regarded by some as stretching from the Atlantic shores of Morocco in the west to the Suez Canal and the Red Sea
17 hours ago · Algeria. The Regency of Algiers [a] ( Arabic: دولة الجزائر, romanized : Dawlat al-Jaza'ir) was a largely independent tributary state of the Ottoman Empire during the early modern period, located on the Barbary Coast of North Africa from 1516 to 1830.
