North Africa History

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North AfricaHistory Culture

• Jennifer Santizo
• World Geography Grade 9

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Lets Discover!

• What peoples have settled in and ruled North
  Africa?
• What are the people and the culture of the region
  like today?

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Early Peoples

• Settled about 3000 B.C. along the Nile River, in
  Egypt.
• Ruled by pharaohs- considered to be gods and had
  complete power.

• Egyptians built pyramids, developed hieroglyphs,
  and the 365- day calendar.
• Later, the Phoenicians, Greeks, Romans came in
  and captured various parts of North Africa.

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Colonialism

• The Ottoman Empire (Turkey) ruled until the
  1800s.
• In the 1830s, French, Spaniards, and Italians
  settled the Maghreb region- Tunisia, Algeria, and
  Morocco.
• Great Britain took over Egypt in 1882.
• Italy took over Libya in 1912.

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Independence

• Independence granted to
• Libya in 1951 from Italy
• Egypt in 1952 from Britain
• Tunisia Morocco in 1956 from France
• Algeria in 1962 from France

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People Languages

• Nearly all people are Arab or Arab-Berber.
• Arabic is the official language.
• European languages are also spoken, such as
  French, Italian, and English.
• Most North Africans live along the Mediterranean
  coast or in the foothills of the Atlas Mountains.

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Traditions Customs

• Traditional clothing is long and loose.
• Caftans and gallibiyas are pants with a long
  shirt-like garment.
• Womens clothing follows Muslim tradition by
  covering all of the body except the face and
  hands.