North Africa (sometimes Northern Africa) is a region encompassing the northern portion of the African continent. There is no singularly accepted scope...
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The North African campaign of World War II took place in North Africa from 10 June 1940 to 13 May 1943. It included campaigns fought in the Libyan and...
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The Middle East and North Africa (MENA), also referred to as West Asia and North Africa (WANA) or South West Asia and North Africa (SWANA), is a geographic...
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Ancient Egypt, Kerma, Punt, and the Tichitt culture emerged in North, East and West Africa during the fourth and third millennia BC. Following a subsequent...
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The Campaign for North Africa (CNA), subtitled "The Desert War, 1940–43", is a strategic board wargame published by Simulations Publications, Inc. (SPI)...
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The history of North Africa has been divided into its prehistory, its classical period, the arrival and spread of Islam, the colonial period, and finally...
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Spanish North Africa may refer to: Contemporary Spanish North Africa: Spain's two autonomous cities: Ceuta and Melilla, plus other minor territories (plazas...
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The North African elephant (Loxodonta africana pharaohensis) is an extinct subspecies of the African bush elephant (Loxodonta africana), or possibly a...
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Muslim conquest of the Maghreb (redirect from Muslim conquest of North Africa)
would be added to the expanding Rashidun Caliphate. With Afghanistan and North Africa being targets of major invasions and Muslim sea raids ranging from Rhodes...
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French North Africa (French: Afrique du Nord française, sometimes abbreviated to ANF) is a term often applied to the three territories that were controlled...
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The Scramble for Africa was the conquest and colonisation of most of Africa by seven Western European powers driven by the Second Industrial Revolution...
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The prehistory of North Africa spans the period of earliest human presence in the region to gradual onset of historicity in the Maghreb during classical...
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The history of North Africa during the period of classical antiquity (c. 8th century BCE – 5th century CE) can be divided roughly into the history of Egypt...
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Operation Torch (redirect from Allied invasion of North Africa)
French North Africa during the Second World War. Torch was a compromise operation that met the British objective of securing victory in North Africa while...
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Byzantine rule in North Africa spanned around 175 years. It began in the years 533/534 with the reconquest of territory formerly belonging to the Western...
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The North African ostrich, red-necked ostrich, or Barbary ostrich (Struthio camelus camelus) is the nominate subspecies of the common ostrich from West...
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Nubia, the Horn of Africa, the Maghreb, and the western Sahel. Following the desertification of the Sahara, North and East African history became entwined...
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of Africa situated in and around the Red Sea. The region is intermediate between North Africa and East Africa, and encompasses the Horn of Africa (Djibouti...
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inhabited by Berbers, known in Latin as the Mauri, indigenous to all of North Africa west of Egypt. In the 9th century BC, Semitic-speaking Phoenicians from...
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grouping counterpart to North Africa, which is instead grouped with the definition of MENA (i.e. Middle East and North Africa) as it is part of the Arab...
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Maghrebi Jews (redirect from Jews of North Africa)
North African Jews (יהודי צפון אפריקה Yehudei Tzfon Africa) are an ethnic group of Jews who had traditionally lived in the Maghreb region of North Africa...
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North Africa has contributed considerably to popular music, especially Egyptian classical music alongside el Gil, Algerian raï and Chaabi (internationally-known...
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history of North Africa encompasses the genetic history of the people of North Africa. The most important source of gene flow to North Africa from the Neolithic...
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This is a timeline of the North African campaign. May 1940 — Army of Africa (France) — 14 regiments of zouaves, 42 regiments of Algerian, Tunisian and...
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The North African hedgehog (Atelerix algirus) or Algerian hedgehog, is a mammal species in the family Erinaceidae native to Algeria, Libya, Malta, Morocco...
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West Africa or Western Africa is the westernmost region of Africa. The United Nations defines Western Africa as the 16 countries of Benin, Burkina Faso...
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abundance of root tuber products. Central Africa, East Africa, North Africa, Southern Africa and West Africa each have distinctive dishes, preparation...
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Crested porcupine (redirect from North African crested porcupine)
known as the African crested porcupine, is a species of rodent in the family Hystricidae native to Italy, North Africa and sub-Saharan Africa. The adult...
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populations in Africa. At K=9, distinct ancestral components defined the Afroasiatic-speaking populations inhabiting North Africa and Northeast Africa; the...
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maintained by the numerous ethnic groups of North Africa. North Africa encompasses the northern portion of Africa, including a large portion of the Sahara...
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