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| | |  History of the Maghreb: Encyclopedia - CircumcellionsThe Circumcellions, also known as the "agonistici", were a donatist sect in North Africa that overvalued martyrdom and had a special devotion for the martyrs, rendering honors to their graves.
The Circumcellions had come to regard martyrdom as the true Christian virtue (as Church Father Tertullian said, a martyr's death day was actually his birthday), and thus came to disregard chastity, sobriety, humility, charity, and other virtues. Instead, they focused on br ...
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| | | | History of the Maghreb: Encyclopedia - Banu Isam The Banu Isam were a Muslim Berber dynasty that ruled Ceuta, North Africa, for four generations. The town had been destroyed in a Kharijite rebellion, and was lying waste; sometime in the middle of the ninth century, Mâjakas, chief of the Majkasa tribe, resettled it and founded a dynasty that ruled the town until the Umayyads took it over in 931.
Its kings were:
Mâjakas
`Isâm, son of Mâjakas
Majîr, son of `Isâm
Ridâ, son of `Isâm (?-931), who paid allegiance to the Idrisids, but surrendered the city to the Umayyads when the Idrisid capital ...
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| | | | History of the Maghreb: Encyclopedia II - Barbary pirates - Barbary pirates in the North Atlantic Unknown to most English historians, the Faroe Islands, Iceland, and possibly Greenland, were among the targets of the Barbary Pirates, confirmed from as early as the 16th century. The Barbary Pirates were referred to locally as "The Turks" ("Turk" is used as a derogatory term by older people in the Faroe Islands).
Faroe Islands. The capital of the Faroe Islands, Tórshavn, still has a fort (named Skansin) overlooking it's harbour. The fort was built around 1580 to protect the harbour from piracy. It was enlarged again the 16- a ...
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| | | | History of the Maghreb: Encyclopedia II - Carthage - Conflict with the Greeks and Romans
Carthage - First Sicilian War.
Carthage's success led to the creation of a powerful navy to discourage both pirates and rival nations. This, coupled with its success and growing hegemony, brought Carthage into increasing conflict with the Greeks, the other major power contending for control of the central Mediterranean.
The island of Sicily, lying at Carthage's doorstep, became the arena on which this conflict played out. From their earliest days, both the Greeks and Phoenicians had been attracted to the l ...
See also:Carthage, Carthage - Founding of Carthage, Carthage - Life in Carthage, Carthage - Carthaginian Commerce, Carthage - Carthaginian Government, Carthage - Carthaginian Religious Practices, Carthage - Conflict with the Greeks and Romans, Carthage - First Sicilian War, Carthage - Second Sicilian War, Carthage - Third Sicilian War, Carthage - Pyrrhus of Epirus, Carthage - The Messanan Crisis, Carthage - The Punic Wars, Carthage - Roman Carthage, Carthage - Carthage in fiction Read more here: » Carthage: Encyclopedia II - Carthage - Conflict with the Greeks and Romans |
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| | | | History of the Maghreb: Encyclopedia II - Barbary pirates - Barbary pirates and the U.S. Navy When the U.S. became a country it had little in the way of a navy to protect its merchant ships, so in 1784, Congress appropriated $80,000 as tribute to the Barbary states. But continued attacks prompted the building of the United States Navy, including one of America's most famous ships, the USS Constitution, leading to a series of wars along the North African coast, starting in 1801. It was not until 1815 that naval victories ended tribute payments by the U.S., although some European nations continued annual payments until the 1830s.
The United States Marine Corps actions in these wars led to the ...
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| | | | History of the Maghreb: Encyclopedia II - Carthage - Founding of Carthage In approximately 814 BC, Carthage was founded by Phoenician settlers from the city of Tyre, bringing with them the city-god Melqart. Traditionally, the city was founded by Dido (or Elissa) (Dido fled from Tyre after her younger brother killed her husband to become the ruler), and a number of foundation myths have survived through Greek and Roman literature. (See Byrsa for one example.)
In 509 BC a treaty was signed between Carthage and Rome indicating a division of influence and commercial activities. It is the first known source that indicated Cart ...
See also:Carthage, Carthage - Founding of Carthage, Carthage - Life in Carthage, Carthage - Carthaginian Commerce, Carthage - Carthaginian Government, Carthage - Carthaginian Religious Practices, Carthage - Conflict with the Greeks and Romans, Carthage - First Sicilian War, Carthage - Second Sicilian War, Carthage - Third Sicilian War, Carthage - Pyrrhus of Epirus, Carthage - The Messanan Crisis, Carthage - The Punic Wars, Carthage - Roman Carthage, Carthage - Carthage in fiction Read more here: » Carthage: Encyclopedia II - Carthage - Founding of Carthage |
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| | | | History of the Maghreb: Encyclopedia II - North Africa during the Classical Period - Vandals and Byzantines Led by their king, Gaiseric, some 80,000 Vandals, a Germanic tribe, crossed into Africa from Spain in 429. In the following year, the invaders advanced without much opposition to Hippo Regius, which they took after a siege in which Augustine died. After further advances, the Vandals in 435 made an agreement with Rome to limit their control to Numidia and Mauretania. But in 439 Gaiseric conquered and pillaged Carthage and the rest of the province of Africa.
The resulting decline in trade weakened Roman control. Independent kingdoms eme ...
See also:North Africa during the Classical Period, North Africa during the Classical Period - Carthage and the Berbers, North Africa during the Classical Period - The Roman Era, North Africa during the Classical Period - Vandals and Byzantines, North Africa during the Classical Period - Reference Read more here: » North Africa during the Classical Period: Encyclopedia II - North Africa during the Classical Period - Vandals and Byzantines |
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| | | | History of the Maghreb: Encyclopedia II - Carthage - Roman Carthage The site was too well-chosen to let it go to waste, however, and a new city grew up there, eventually becoming the second largest city in the western half of the Roman empire. By the late 2nd century, Carthage was the center of the Roman province of Africa, with a population of 500,000 people. It briefly became the capital of an usurper, Domitius Alexander, in 308-311.
Carthage also became a centre of early Christianity. Tertullian rhetorically addresses the Roman governor with the fact that the Christians of Carthage that just yester ...
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| | | | History of the Maghreb: Encyclopedia II - Carthage - Life in Carthage
Carthage - Carthaginian Commerce.
The early trading empire of Carthage depended heavily on its trade with Tartessos and other cities of the Iberian peninsula, from which it obtained vast quantities of silver and, even more importantly, tin ore, which was essential to the manufacture of bronze objects by the civilizations of antiquity. Carthage followed trade routes already established by her parent city, Tyre. When Tartessos fell, the Carthaginian ships went directly to the primary sources of tin in the northwest ...
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| | | | History of the Maghreb: Encyclopedia II - Carthage - Founding of Carthage In approximately 814 BC, Carthage was founded by Phoenician settlers from the city of Tyre, bringing with them the city-god Melqart. Traditionally, the city was founded by Dido, and a number of foundation myths have survived through Greek and Roman literature. (See Byrsa for one example.)
Carthage's early years were defined by a long rivalry between the maritime and landholding families. In general, due to the city's dependence on maritime trade, the maritime faction controlled the government, and during the 6th century BC, Carthage b ...
See also:Carthage, Carthage - Founding of Carthage, Carthage - Life in Carthage, Carthage - Carthaginian Commerce, Carthage - Carthaginian Government, Carthage - Carthaginian Religious Practices, Carthage - Conflict with the Greeks and Romans, Carthage - First Sicilian War, Carthage - Second Sicilian War, Carthage - Third Sicilian War, Carthage - Pyrrhus of Epirus, Carthage - The Messanan Crisis, Carthage - The Punic Wars, Carthage - Roman Carthage, Carthage - Carthage in fiction Read more here: » Carthage: Encyclopedia II - Carthage - Founding of Carthage |
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| | | | History of the Maghreb: Encyclopedia II - Barbary pirates - Barbary pirates and the U.S. Navy When the U.S. became a country it had little in the way of a navy to protect its merchant ships, so in 1784, Congress appropriated $80,000 as tribute to the Barbary states. But continued attacks prompted the building of the United States Navy, including one of America's most famous ships, the USS Constitution, leading to a series of wars along the North African coast, starting in 1801. It was not until 1815 that naval victories ended tribute payments by the U.S., although some European nations continued annual payments until the 1830s.
The United States Marine Corps actions in these wars led to th ...
See also:Barbary pirates, Barbary pirates - Barbary pirates in the North Atlantic, Barbary pirates - Barbary pirates and the U.S. Navy, Barbary pirates - Barbary pirates in literature Read more here: » Barbary pirates: Encyclopedia II - Barbary pirates - Barbary pirates and the U.S. Navy |
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