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Prehistory. Evidence of the early human occupation of Algeria is demonstrated by the discovery of 1.8 million year old Oldowan stone tools found at Ain Hanech in 1992. [1] In 1954 fossilised Homo erectus bones were discovered by C. Arambourg at Ternefine that are 700,000 years old.
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Algiers, Arabic Al-Jazāʾir French Alger, City (pop., 2010 est.: 2,800,000), chief seaport and capital of Algeria. Located along the Bay of Algiers and first settled by Phoenicians, it was later ruled by the Romans. It was destroyed by the Vandals in the 5th century ce but revived under a Berber dynasty in the 10th century. When the Spanish threaten...
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Algeria timeline and profile. The history of the Northern African country of Algeria was one borne out of immense violence and conflicts. Beginning around the early 1950s, Algeria fought against European powerhouse France in order to gain its independence. The Algerian War of Independence would go on to claim hundreds of thousands of lives.
Khair ad Din succeeded him as military commander of Algiers, and the Ottoman sultan gave him the title of beylerbey (provincial governor). Under Khair ad Din's regency, Algiers became the center of Ottoman authority in the Maghrib. Subsequently, with the institution of a regular Ottoman administration, governors with the title of pasha ruled.
Sep 18, 2024 · Algiers, capital and chief seaport of Algeria. It is the political, economic, and cultural centre of the country. Algiers is built on the slopes of the Sahel Hills, which parallel the Mediterranean Sea coast, and it extends for some 10 miles (16 km) along the Bay of Algiers. The city faces east and north and forms a large amphitheatre of ...
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Apr 9, 2019 · 9 April 2019. A chronology of key events: 1830 - France seizes Algiers, ending Algeria's three centuries as an autonomous province of the Ottoman Empire. 1939-1945 - The collapse of France and the ...
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May 2, 2024 · In the early 16th century, the region came under the control of the Ottoman Empire. Algiers, the capital, became a base for the Barbary pirates, who controlled the Mediterranean shipping lanes and engaged in slave raids across European coasts. The Ottoman rule lasted until the French invasion in the 19th century. Algeria’s Struggle for ...
