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	War in North Africa, 1942-1943
		North Africa established the patterns and motifs of the next two years, including the tension between coalition unity and disunity.
		North Africa is where the prodigious weight of American industrial might began to tell, where brute strength emerged as the most conspicuous feature of the Allied arsenal -- although not, as some historians suggest, its only redeeming feature.
		North Africa is where the the Allies agreed on unconditional surrender as the only circumstance under which the war could end.
	www.worldwar2history.info /North-Africa/Liberation.html (1732 words)

	Florida State University Department of History \| Double Counted Courses (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The course of Balkan history emphasizing the penetration of the Hapsburg and Russian empires, the decay of the Ottomans, and the emergence of the Balkan states after the wars of liberation, with stress on the cultural peculiarities of the various ethnic groups.
		History of England from Anglo-Saxon settlements to the establishment of the Tudor dynasty.
		An examination of the history of Russia from 1801 to the beginning of the 20th century, with emphasis on foreign relations and the development of the political and social conflicts that resulted in the revolutions of 1917.
	www.fsu.edu /~history/combinedprog/combinedcourses.htm (2134 words)

	Wikinfo \| History of Africa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Neolithic rock engravings, or 'petroglyphs' and the megaliths in the Libyan desert attest to early hunter-gatherer culture in the dry grasslands of North Africa during the glacial age.
		However, after the desertification of the Sahara, settlement in North Africa became concentrated in the valley of the Nile, where the pre-literate Nomes of Egypt laid a base for the culture of ancient Egypt, usually considered separately from the other cultures of the continent.
		The Portuguese, whose power in Africa was already waning, were not in a position to interfere with the Dutch plans, and England was content to seize the island of Saint Helena as her half-way house to the East.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=History_of_Africa (4402 words)

	History: North African History topics on Encyclopedia.com
		French North Africa originally general name for Algeria, former French Morocco, and Tunisia.
		North Africa, campaigns in series of military contests for control of North Africa during World War II.
		Songhai or Songhay, largest of the former empires in the western Sudan region of N Africa.
	www.encyclopedia.com /category/History/Asia_and_Africa/nafrhist.html (399 words)

	Brief History of Roman Africa
		The Punic land (the north-eastern third of present day Tunisia) became the Provinca Africa. This province, run from Utica by a praetor, was seen by the Romans as a buffer against the Numidian kingdom stretching from Tripolitania to eastern Algeria.
		In the 2nd century, Proconsular Africa experienced unprecedented prosperity, reflected in increasing urbanization and a flourishing intellectual and artistic life.
		And yet, despite the convoluted history of this period, recent research has stressed the enduring prosperity of the African provinces - until the eve of the Vandal conquest of 439.
	www.oala.villanova.edu /hippo2/history.html (655 words)

	ipedia.com: History of Africa Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Africa was the birthplace of the genus homo, which includes a broad range of hominid species including Homo sapiens.
		Interaction between Asia, Europe and North Africa during this period was significant, major effects include the spread of classical culture around the shores of the Mediterranean; the continual struggle between Rome and the Berber tribes; the introduction of Christianity throughout the region, and the cultural effects of the churches in Tunisia, Egypt and Ethiopia.
		In South Africa the struggle with Napoleon caused the United Kingdom to take possession of the Dutch settlements at the Cape, and in 1814 Cape Colony, which had been continuously occupied by British troops since 1806, was formally ceded to the British crown.
	www.ipedia.com /history_of_africa.html (5793 words)

	History of popular Islam in northwestern Tunisia 1800-1970
		North African religious studies are in a transitory state in that anthropologists only recently have come to explore a field of enquiry which hitherto had been mainly worked by historians and Arabists.
		The history of shrines is, to a great extent, the history of their segments.
		so the history of these shrines may reflect, as we have seen, the history of the segments, but there are also individualizing, personal aspects involved.
	www.shikanda.net /african_religion/popul.htm (8015 words)

	African History
		History of the region since the Islamic invasions, and the social and political transformations leading to the rise of modern states in the 20th century.
		History of Africa south of the Sahara and West of the Cameroon highlands.
		Area south of Lake Chad and north of Southwest Africa and Zambia from the advent of the Iron Age to the present.
	history.wisc.edu /africa/courses/courses.htm (951 words)

	The history of North Africa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
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		The ancient & feudal history of the Nile Valley
		The history of North Africa as a whole
	www.hartford-hwp.com /archives/32 (54 words)

	Learn about Morocco history
		Early history of North Africa, or the area known to Arabs as the Maghreb (‘sunset’), is relatively unknown.
		Throughout history, Berbers have been known to be fierce and dominating warriors, having resisted the influx of foreign invasion.
		By the early 8th century, the introduction of Islam had spread throughout most of North Africa and it was during this time that pagan and Christian inhabitants of the land converted to the new religion.
	www.internationalcircuit.com /morocco/history.php (606 words)

	Wonderful Likely Continuity of North East Africa’s Long History
		North East Africa is often cited as the center of some of the oldest civilizations in the world.
		The early history of the Oromo people is one of the least documented partly because of the clashes of various civilizations in East Africa.
		By referring to the history of both prophets, it is obvious that both have spent so much energy in trying to convince their followers to believe in only one god.
	www.voicefinfinne.org /English/Column/North_East_Africa_Part1.htm (3210 words)

	UNESCO - General History of Africa: International Scientific Committee
		Specialist in the history of West Africa in the nineteenth century; former Vice-Rector of the University of Lagos; Emeritus Professor, Department of History, University of Ibadan (Nigeria).
		Specialist in the history of Africa; Professor of History and Director of the Centro de Estudos Africanos, University of São Paulo.
		Specialist in the history of southern Africa in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries; former Professor of History at California State University, Northbridge; former Professor at the University of Harare; former member of The Employers’ Confederation of Zimbabwe, Harare.
	www.unesco.org /culture/africa/html_eng/comite.htm (1665 words)

	History of Jihad against the Berbers of North Africa — Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco(640-711)
		In ancient times, North Africa had been colonized by the Phoenicians (who became the Carthaginians), they were followed by the Romans, the Vandals (one of the Germanic tribes that destroyed the Roman Empire), the Byzantines, and finally the Arabs.
		The Arabs were determined to take North Africa regardless of its wealth or poverty, because their sole aim was to convert the people to Islam, and because North Africa was a gateway to Spain and Europe.
		The Jewish presence in North Africa was revived by a tragedy in the late 15th and early 16th Centuries.
	www.historyofjihad.org /africa.html (5323 words)

	North Africa, Algiers, Tunisia, Longstop, Algeria, Louisberg, Avorio, Asteria, Erica, U205, Paladin, Isis
		North Africa - As Rommel prepared his Mareth line defences in southern Tunisia, Eighth Army units crossed the border from Libya on the 4th.
		By the 29th, the Mareth Line was broken and the Germans and Italians had retreated to a strong position north of Gabes at Wadi Akarit.
		North Africa and Tunis: The End for the Axis - The Allied Armies continued to push on, and on the 7th Tunis was taken by the British and Bizerta by the Americans.
	www.naval-history.net /WW2CampaignsNorthAfrica2.htm (1404 words)

	History Of North Africa (History Of Africa) (Hardcover) : ShoppersChoice.com
		History Of North Africa (History Of Africa) (Hardcover) : ShoppersChoice.com
		History Of North Africa (History Of Africa) (Hardcover)
		History Of North Africa (History Of Africa) (Hardcover): Offers a chronological history of North Africa and provides an overview of the climate, geography, and the people of the region.
	www.shopperschoice.com /item_item_870160.html (339 words)

	MyJewishLearning.com - History & Community: North Africa and Egypt
		The golden age of the Jewish communities in Muslim lands ended between the twelfth and thirteenth centuries—first in North Africa and later in the Levant.
		North African Jewry was crushed under this brutal rule, and survived only by virtue of religious dissimulation [insincere conversion].
		They found themselves economically restricted, ill at ease in a civilization which had adopted a new spiritual direction, and ill-treated by the rulers who had once been their main source of security, but were now intent on alienating the minorities.
	www.myjewishlearning.com /history_community/Medieval/TheStory6321666/TheIslamicWorld/Maghreb.htm (756 words)

	H407 (North Africa) course outline
		North Africa 1800-1900 from the Nile Valley to the Atlantic
		Gen.26 Brett, M. 'Morocco and the Ottomans: the sixteenth century in North Africa, J. African History, xxv (1984) pp 331-41.
		Holt, P.M. and N.W. Daly, History of the Sudan.
	www.thuto.org /ubh/ub/h407c.htm (2175 words)

	History Of Africa
		It is believed that the word Africa is derived from ethnonyms ‘Afer’ and ‘Afri’, while some believe that it came from Afrigii and Afridi, supposed to be derived from ‘Afira’ meaning ‘to be dusty’ in Arabic.
		It was in ancient Africa that the hominid subfamily and the genus Homo were found with only one surviving-- Homo sapiens.
		The history of Africa has many instances of slavery that was rooted in its history.
	www.thehistoryofafrica.com (871 words)

	Staffordshire Yeomanry from Alamein to Tunis
		And on this day the first real news of success came through, when it was learned that the Australians had broken through up in the north and had reached the coast, cutting off a large pocket of the enemy.
		Yet, while it remained certain that his days in Africa were numbered, it was equally certain that there was a deal of hard and difficult fighting to be faced before he could be forced to surrender.
		The country was rough and mountainous, admirably suited to defence and difficult and restricted for armour, and it was only to be expected that the men of the Afrika Korps, caught as they were in a trap, would fight desperately to the last gasp.
	www.warchronicle.com /staffsyeo/historiantales_wwii/northafricareg.htm (8848 words)

	South Africa Vacations - Hotels South Africa - South Africa Hotels
		The first thing however that you should keep in mind is that South Africa is a nation in which you might run into a lot of problems.
		This is known as the richest square mile in all of Africa, so it is the financial hub of South Africa.
		South Africa has one of the largest numbers of cultural festivals per capita, cause of the fact that they are a nation hugely seeped in cultures and diversity.
	www.southafricahotelfinder.com (528 words)

	Faculty of Humanities - History Department
		The course aims to introduce students to the basics of methodology and historiography and writing history or a paper in history and, therefore, forms the foundation for ‘doing history’.
		The expansion of Europe and its consequences for societies in Africa; the response of African societies; modern Nationalist movements and the struggle for independence; the growth of the new nations of Africa; Pan-Africanism and African unity; African Socialism, Neocolonialism, Socialist Africa; Africa’s relations with the rest of the world.
		The course deals with the history of Western political thought from the Greeks to the present, as well as the polical ideas of Third World thinkers.
	www.nul.ls /faculties/humanities/history.htm (704 words)

	North Africa History
		North Africa - Sicily - Italy - Holland - France/Belgium - Germany - Dominican Republic - Honduras/Panama - Gulfwar/Hurricane Andrew/Uphold Democracy
		On 29 April 1943, the 504th boarded the troop ship "George Washington" to steam to North Africa and its first overseas port of call, Casablanca.
		Finally, the order came and the Regiment moved by truck to Kairouan, Tunisia, which was to be the 82nd Airborne Division’s point of departure for the invasion of Sicily.
	www.bragg.army.mil /AFVC-A/Unit_History/Africanhistory.htm (247 words)

	Amazon.ca: North Africa: Books: Barnaby Rogerson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		He clearly presents North Africa's history, from the days of Carthage and the Punic Wars to the days of the Romans and the rise and fall of Christianity, the Arab conquest, the Ottoman Empire, and on to the ancestors of today's rulers.
		The text overall is an easy-to-read and enjoyable history of a most fascinating area, complemented by handsome maps and illustrations.
		All are good at providing a good deal of the history of a nation or region, but some do so in a manner that is too dry or terse to make for enjoyable reading.
	www.amazon.ca /North-Africa-Barnaby-Rogerson/dp/156656252X (570 words)

	A Traveller's History of North Africa
		This volume covers the countries of Morocco, Tunisia, Libya and Algeria and is written by an expert on the area.
		It provides a concise and readable history of the region's journey from its earliest beginnings right up to the politics and life of the present day.
		Barnaby Rogerson is the author of several Cadogan guides to the area and he regularly conducts lecture tours in Morocco, Tunisia and Libya.
	www.africanmarket.com /front/product.asp?product=751 (69 words)

	Fifth Field Artillery Group Unit History - North Africa
		For demonstration on the 4th of April part of the infantry was withdrawn from the east to reinforce the attack to the north.
		Changes in missions necessitated two night marches, the first to the vicinity of Sbeitla, the second north to an assembly area in the vicinity of Roum es Souk.
		This was part of the movement of all American forces to the north for which General BRADLEY has been highly praised.
	fifthfield.simmins.org /na.html (1745 words)

	OSU Department of History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		This course examines the history of the western Islamic lands of the Maghrib and Spain from the seventh to the early nineteenth century.
		It will emphasize the links between North Africa and Europe, West Africa, and the Arab Middle East as well as the political, economic, and cultural developments during this period.
		Course Objectives: In addition to introducing the students to the history and historiography of an important region in the Muslim world, this course will enhance the their analytical and writing skills.
	history.osu.edu /courses/syllabi/hist54101.htm (156 words)

	The history of Northern Africa as a whole (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The economic history of North Africa as a whole
		The social history of North Africa as a whole
		The culture history of North Africa as a whole
	www.hartford-hwp.com /archives/32/index-k.html (121 words)

	H407 (North Africa) course outline
		North Africa 1800-1900 from the Nile Valley to the Atlantic
		Gen.26 Brett, M. 'Morocco and the Ottomans: the sixteenth century in North Africa, J. African History, xxv (1984) pp 331-41.
		Holt, P.M. and N.W. Daly, History of the Sudan.
	ubh.tripod.com /ub/h407c.htm (2184 words)

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