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  Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Algiers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Algiers, however, continued to be of comparatively little importance until after the expulsion from Spain of the Moors, many of whom sought an asylum in the city.
Khair-ad-Din, succeeding Arouj, drove the Spaniards from the Penon (1550) and was the founder of the pashalik, afterwards deylik, of Algeria.
The history of Algiers from 1830 to 1962 is bound to the larger history of Algeria and its struggles with France.
www.hallencyclopedia.com /Algiers   (1544 words)

  
 Algiers Encyclopedia Articles @ LaunchBase.com (Launch Base)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Algiers (Arabic: الجزائر al-Jazāʼir, literally "the Islands"; Berber: Ldzayer) is the capital and largest city of Algeria in North Africa.
Khair-ad-Din, succeeding Arouj, drove the Spaniards from the Penon (1550) and was the founder of the pashaluk, afterwards beylik, of Algeria.
Algiers from this time became the chief seat of the Barbary pirates.
www.launchbase.com /encyclopedia/Algiers   (1246 words)

  
 Algeria encyclopedia : Cultural Information , Maps, Algeria politics and officials, Algerian History. Travel to Algeria   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Algiers (Arabic: ولاية الجزائر) El-Jazair, The Islands) is the capital and largest city of Algeria in North Africa.
From the 17th century, Algiers, free of Ottoman control and sited on the periphery of both the Ottoman and European economic spheres, and depending for its existence on a Mediterranean that was increasingly controlled by European shipping, backed by European navies, turned to piracy and ransoming.
The history of Algiers from 1830 to 1962 is bound to the larger history of Algeria and its relationship to France.
www.algeriaiworld.com /wiki-Algiers   (1660 words)

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