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    Berbers

    Ethnic group indigenous to North Africa

    Berbers, or the Berber peoples, also known as Amazigh or Imazighen, are a diverse grouping of distinct ethnic groups indigenous to North Africa who predate the arrival of Arabs in the Maghreb. Their main connections are identified by their usage of Berber languages, most of them mutually unintelligible, which are part of the Afroasiatic language family. They are indigenous to the Maghreb region of North Africa, where they live in scattered communities across parts of Morocco, Algeria, Libya, and to a lesser extent Tunisia, Mauritania, northern Mali and northern Niger. Smaller Berber communities are also found in Burkina Faso and Egypt's Siwa Oasis. Descended from Stone Age tribes of North Africa, accounts of the Imazighen were first mentioned in Ancient Egyptian writings. From about 2000 BCE, Berber languages spread westward from the Nile Valley across the northern Sahara into the Maghreb. Wikipedia

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  3. britannica.com

    Jan 19, 2025Berber, any of the descendants of the pre-Arab inhabitants of North Africa. The Berbers live in scattered communities across Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Mali, Niger, and Mauritania. They speak various Amazigh languages belonging to the Afro-Asiatic family related to ancient Egyptian.
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  4. worldhistory.org

    The Berbers have occupied North Africa, specifically the Maghreb, since the beginning of recorded history and until the Islamic conquests of the 8th century CE constituted the dominant ethnic group in the Saharan region. Modern Berber speakers and cultural practitioners are a minority in North Africa, though Berber groups are considered the descendants of pre-Arab inhabitants of the region. In ...
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  6. The Phoenicians, Carthaginians, Romans, Byzantines, Arabs and then European settlers have all successively occupied or colonized North Africa and the Berber territories in Morocco. Large Berber dynasties souche as the Almoravids, the Almohads or the Merinids also conquered territories as far as Al Andalus or the Sub Sahara. Talking about the Berbers in Morocco today therefore echoes this ...
  7. historyrise.com

    Jan 8, 2025Medieval Berber Kingdoms During the medieval period, Berbers established powerful kingdoms and dynasties, such as the Almoravids and Almohads, which controlled vast territories across North Africa and parts of Spain. These dynasties were instrumental in spreading Islam and advancing architecture, scholarship, and governance in the region.
  8. newworldencyclopedia.org

    Despite the appearance of two significant Berber dynasties, the Almoravids (eleventh century) and the Almohads, (twelfth century) the Berber tribes could never unite long enough to rid themselves of the numerous conquerors who invaded their lands. As a result, Berber history can only be followed as the history of individual tribes.
  9. thoughtco.com

    The Berbers, or Berber, has a number of meanings, including a language, a culture, a location, and a group of people: most prominently it is the collective term used for dozens of tribes of pastoralists, indigenous people who herd sheep and goats and live in northwest Africa today. Despite this simple description, Berber ancient history is truly complex.
  10. worldheritagesite.org

    Berbers The Berbers are a people ethnically indigenous to North Africa west of the Nile Valley. Today, most of the Berber people live in Northern African countries such as Algeria and Morocco. (wiki) Sites must include physical remains or historic contributions made by Berber groups. Tuareg are considered as Berber.
  11. resources.saylor.org

    The Berber Dynasty "Berber" is a catchall term that refers to the Caucasoid people that appeared in a region of western North Africa known as the Maghreb (Arabic for "place of sunset" or "the west") as far back as 3,000 B.C. By the time of Muhammad, the Berbers were composed of multiple religious groups, including Jews and Christians. Though the Berbers had resisted earlier ...

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