History of Algeria
From Numidia and Roman Africa through the Islamic dynasties, Ottoman regency and independence — a short history for travellers.
Algeria's history reaches back to the Berber kingdom of Numidia and the Roman province of Africa, whose cities — Djémila, Timgad, Tipaza — are among the best preserved anywhere. Successive Islamic dynasties, the Ottoman regency of Algiers, 132 years of French colonisation and the 1954–62 war of independence shaped the modern nation.
Algeria's history reaches back to the Berber kingdom of Numidia and the Roman province of Africa, whose cities — Djémila, Timgad, Tipaza — are among the best preserved anywhere. Successive Islamic dynasties, the Ottoman regency of Algiers, 132 years of French colonisation and the 1954–62 war of independence shaped the modern nation.
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