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==General History== | |||
Algeria (/ælˈdʒɪəriə/ (About this sound listen); Arabic: الجزائر al-Jazā'ir, familary Algerian Arabic الدزاير al-dzāyīr) The official name is the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria and is a country in North Africa on the Mediterranean coast.<br> Algiers is the capital and most populous city, located in the far north of the country.<br> | Algeria (/ælˈdʒɪəriə/ (About this sound listen); Arabic: الجزائر al-Jazā'ir, familary Algerian Arabic الدزاير al-dzāyīr) The official name is the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria and is a country in North Africa on the Mediterranean coast.<br> Algiers is the capital and most populous city, located in the far north of the country.<br> | ||
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With an area of 2,381,741 square kilometres or 919,595 sq miles, Algeria is the tenth-largest country in the world, the largest in Africa and the Arab world since South Sudan became independent from Sudan in 2011. | With an area of 2,381,741 square kilometres or 919,595 sq miles, Algeria is the tenth-largest country in the world, the largest in Africa and the Arab world since South Sudan became independent from Sudan in 2011. | ||
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[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algeria] | |||
===Timeline=== | ===Timeline=== | ||
1505 - 1510 Spain took control of a few coastal towns<br> | 1505 - 1510 Spain took control of a few coastal towns<br> | ||
1514 - 1815 Barbary pirates killed thousands of Christain and non-islam people<br> | 1514 - 1815 Barbary pirates killed thousands of Christain and non-islam people<br> | ||
1516 - 1830 Algiers was partially ruled by Ottomans<br> | 1516 - 1830 Algiers was partially ruled by Ottomans<br> | ||
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1962 - Oran Massacre<br> | 1962 - Oran Massacre<br> | ||
1962 - Algeria received independence from France<br> | 1962 - Algeria received independence from France<br> | ||
1991 - 1997 Militants conducted a violent campaign of civilian massacres and hundreds of thousands were killed<br> | 1991 - 1997 Militants conducted a violent campaign of civilian massacres and hundreds of :thousands were killed<br> | ||
1991 - 2002 Civil War 100,000 died<br> | 1991 - 2002 Civil War 100,000 died<br> | ||
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===Online Resources=== | |||
*[https://www.britannica.com/place/Algeria History of Algeria] | *[https://www.britannica.com/place/Algeria History of Algeria] | ||
*[https://www.tota.world/culture/arab/#overview Arab Culture] - TOTA, gives general information about Arab Culture | |||
[[Category:Algeria]] | ===Print Publications=== | ||
*''Tārīkh al-Jazāʼir al-ʻāmm v.1'' by Jilālī, ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Muḥammad. Al-Jazāʼir:al-Maṭbaʻah al-ʻArabīyah, 1954. '''''Online at:''''' [http://dlib.nyu.edu/aco/book/columbia_aco001979 New York University]; History of Algeria | |||
**.تاريخ الجزائر العام الجزء الأول .عبد الرحمن بن محمد الجلالي الجزائر:المطبعة العربية،, 1954 | |||
*''Tārīkh al-Jazāʼir al-ʻāmm v.2'' by Jilālī, ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Muḥammad. Al-Jazāʼir:al-Maṭbaʻah al-ʻArabīyah, 1954. '''''Online at:''''' [http://dlib.nyu.edu/aco/book/columbia_aco001980 New York University]; History of Algeria | |||
**.تاريخ الجزائر العام الجزء الثاني .عبد الرحمن بن محمد الجلالي الجزائ:المطبعة العربية،, 1954 | |||
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