Salt from the Sahara desert was one of the major trade goods of ancient West Africa where very little naturally occurring deposits of the mineral could be found. https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1342/the-salt-trade-of-ancient-west-africa/ #History #Berbers #GhanaEmpire #Hausaland

Cyrene (modern-day Shahhat, Libya) was a vital cultural center and port of trade in North Africa founded in 631 BCE by Greek colonists from the island of Thera. #History #Cyrene #Berbers #UNESCO #HistoryFacts https://www.worldhistory.org/cyrene/

Carthage was a Phoenician city-state on the coast of North Africa (the site of modern-day Tunis) which, prior the conflict with Rome known as the Punic Wars (264-146 BCE), was the largest, most affluent, and powerful political entity in the Mediterranean. https://www.worldhistory.org/carthage/ #History #Berbers #Carthage #CarthaginianArmy

Thugga (also Dougga) was a town in North Africa which was first a Numidian and then a Carthaginian settlement before being incorporated into the Roman Empire. https://www.worldhistory.org/Dougga/ #History #Berbers #Carthage #Dougga

The Carthaginians, like their Phoenician forefathers, were highly successful traders who sailed the Mediterranean with their goods, and such was their success that Carthage became the richest city in the ancient world. https://www.worldhistory.org/article/911/carthaginian-trade/ #History #Amber #Amphora #Berbers

Phoenician traders arrived on the North African coast around 900 B. https://www.worldhistory.org/article/293/north-africa-during-the-classical-period/ #History #Africa #Berbers #Carthage

Algeria, Africa's largest country, stretches from the Mediterranean coastline to the Saharan desert interior. https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2179/the-splendours-of-roman-algeria/ #History #Algeria #Berbers #CaesareaNorthAfrica

The Battle of Zama (202 BCE) was the final engagement of the Second Punic War (218-202 BCE) at which Hannibal Barca of Carthage (l. https://www.worldhistory.org/article/292/the-battle-of-zama---the-beginning-of-roman-conque/ #History #BattleofCannae #BattleofZama #Berbers

Salt from the Sahara desert was one of the major trade goods of ancient West Africa where very little naturally occurring deposits of the mineral could be found. https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1342/the-salt-trade-of-ancient-west-africa/ #History #Berbers #GhanaEmpire #Hausaland

https://lateboomersden.blog/2023/03/27/cannot-get-enough-of-the-oud/
I've been fascinated by this type of music ever since I found that Nacer Records YouTube channel. Wish I knew Arabic... I'm especially in love with the sound of the oud.
#Music, #WorldMusic, #RabbitHoles, #Africa, #Berbers, #lute, #Middle East, #NorthAfrica, #oud, #Taarab, #Tarab

Algeria, Africa 's largest country, is located between the Mediterranean Sea and the Sahara Desert. https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2179/the-splendours-of-roman-algeria/ #RomanEmpire #Berbers #Algeria #History

@MJmusicinears
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(The #AcequiaSystem of #WaterConsevation)

"...build them from the #Moors.

The Moors started building #acequias over 10,000 years ago to grow crops in the #MiddleEast and #NorthAfrica".

#Moors are #Berbers and other people from the ancient #Roman province of #Mauretania, in what is now North-Western Africa, who supported the #Arab in the conquest of the #Iberian peninsula in the 7th-10th century
].

#acequia
#irrigation
@quoteme

https://newmexiconomad.com/acequias/

Oudaden of Le Maroc,

he plays amazigh music.

Nice production value

#music
#TraditionalMusic
#berbers
#ElectricGituar

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEdThr5lWL4

Being #Irish & white as a ghost I was astonished and amazed to find out my ancestors were #Tuareg #Berbers . DNA wise I have more chance of having a common ancestor with Tuaregs than with any Europeans or Westerners! It explains my B+ blood type which is around 9% blood types globally, and usually only found in Asians/Africans.

Carthage was a Phoenician city-state on the coast of North Africa (the site of modern-day Tunis) which, prior the conflict with Rome known as the Punic Wars (264-146 BCE), was the largest, most affluent, and powerful political entity in the Mediterranean. The city was originally known as Kart-hadasht (new city) to distinguish it from the older Phoenician city of Utica nearby. The Greeks called ...https://www.worldhistory.org/carthage/ #Berbers #Carthage #CarthaginianArmy