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Bookmark or Share- Ancient/Roman Ports in North Africa | History ForumApollonia: a unique ancient port | Ancient Ports - Ports Antiques. Apollonia is a unique ancient port as it contains a complete range of different structures and ancient technological functions, some still unexplained. www.ancientportsantiques.com. It was in Cyrenaica - I hadn't realised my map stopped at Byzacena, Roman 'Africa'.
- The Byzantine defence of North Africa | History ForumThe Byzantines spoke Greek and had a Greek culture. They imposed a number of officers and administrators to the regions of North Africa. So there were natural divisions with the locals. Languages spoken were therefore Latin, Greek, Punic (more away from Carthage) and of course berber languages.
- The difference between North Africa and Sub-Saharan AfricaThis really depends on what time period you are discussing. In general, what has set SSA and North Africa apart are the global spheres within which they operate. North Africa was fixed in the Mediterranean world while East Africa was part of the Indian Ocean world, West Africa eventually became part of the Atlantic world etc.
- Black Africans in North Africa (12th-16th century)Black Morocco. Black Morocco: A History of Slavery, Race, and Islam chronicles the experiences, identity and achievements of enslaved black people in Morocco from the sixteenth century to the beginning of the twentieth century. Chouki El Hamel argues that we cannot rely solely on Islamic ideology as the key to...
- Is the image of North Africa as a "lost" ancient bread basket a myth ...North Africa crop production and exports only recently declined. Algeria was France's bread basket too. Something happened between Independence and the present that hurt agricultural production that wasn't weather related or the depletion of the soil, the culture and demographics of the resident land owning farming class changed.
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