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Algeria: Islam and the Arabs

Library of Congress Country Study

 

This document is a portion of a larger work on the country of Algeria
produced by the Library of Congress
edited by Helen Chapan Metz
from research completed in December 1993

 

About this History

The documents here constitute only a portion of "Chapter 1: A Historical Setting," covering Algerian history from 642 through the late 18th century. For the rest of the chapter, covering the early 19th through the late 20th century, visit the Library of Congress Country Studies home page:

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/

 

Contents

Islam and the Arabs
Fatimids
Almoravids
Almohads
Zayanids
Marabouts
European Offensive
Privateers
Ottoman Rule


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