The Interactive Chronicle
3,000 years at your fingertips
Drag the chronicle across Algeria, from the earliest Amazigh civilizations to the modern Republic.
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Early North Africa
c. 1000 BC β 200 BC
Before Numidia and modern borders, North Africa was already part of powerful civilizations. Leaders of Amazigh origin rose to prominence, including Sheshonq I, who ruled Egypt as a pharaoh and showed the deep roots of North African influence in the ancient world.
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Regions involved
Bubastis
Egyptian city, capital of the 22nd Dynasty.
Tlemcen
Ancient Amazigh region in western North Africa.
Cirta
Major Amazigh stronghold, later capital of Numidia.
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