from Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 March 2020
The Maghreb is located at the confluence of Mediterranean civilizations. This circumstance has conferred on the region a scientific and cultural heritage unique in Africa. Maghreb is a foreign word incorporated by the Arabic language meaning island of the west, or the land between the sea and the sands of the Sahara. The Maghreb covers present-day Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya. This chapter focuses principally on Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia from the era of European colonization through political independence.
To save this book to your Kindle, first ensure [email protected] is added to your Approved Personal Document E-mail List under your Personal Document Settings on the Manage Your Content and Devices page of your Amazon account. Then enter the ‘name’ part of your Kindle email address below. Find out more about saving to your Kindle.
Note you can select to save to either the @free.kindle.com or @kindle.com variations. ‘@free.kindle.com’ emails are free but can only be saved to your device when it is connected to wi-fi. ‘@kindle.com’ emails can be delivered even when you are not connected to wi-fi, but note that service fees apply.
Find out more about the Kindle Personal Document Service.
To save content items to your account, please confirm that you agree to abide by our usage policies. If this is the first time you use this feature, you will be asked to authorise Cambridge Core to connect with your account. Find out more about saving content to Dropbox.
To save content items to your account, please confirm that you agree to abide by our usage policies. If this is the first time you use this feature, you will be asked to authorise Cambridge Core to connect with your account. Find out more about saving content to Google Drive.