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Berbers
Title: Berbers
Category: History
Details: Words: 3950 | Pages: 16.8 (approximately 235 words/page)
Berbers
The modern-day region of Maghrib - the Arab "West"
consisting of present-day Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia - is
inhabited predominantly by Muslim Arabs, but it has a large
Berber minority.
North Africa served as a transit region for peoples moving
toward Europe or the Middle East. Thus, the region's inhabitants
have been influenced by populations from other areas. Out of
this mix developed the Berber people, whose language and culture,
although pushed from coastal areas by conquering …showed first 75 words of 3950 total…
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In conclusion, to the strong loyalties of the tribe, the
Berber added individualism, democratic participation in inter-
tribal affairs and fierce opposition to foreign invaders. Over
the centuries, many conquerors came to the Maghrib, but few
established durable empires, and few exercised a significant
cultural influence. In the religious sphere, the Berbers
continued to practice their animistic beliefs, while often
adopting religious heresies to oppose their Christian, Jewish or
Islamic overlords.
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