Atlas of Mauritania - Wikimedia Commons
Apr 21, 2024 · This section holds a short summary of the history of the area of present-day Mauritania, illustrated with maps, including historical maps of former countries and empires that included present-day Mauritania.
History of Mauritania - Wikipedia
Mauritania takes its name from the ancient Berber kingdom and later Roman province of Mauretania, and thus ultimately from the Mauri people, even though the respective territories do not overlap, historical Mauritania being considerably further north than modern Mauritania.
Mauritania | History, Population, Capital, Flag, & Facts | Britannica
Oct 18, 2024 · Mauritania, country on the Atlantic coast of Africa. It forms a geographic and cultural bridge between the North African Maghrib and the westernmost portion of sub-Saharan Africa. Much of Mauritania encompasses part of the Sahara desert. Its capital is Nouakchott.
Mauritania - Colonialism, Independence, Slavery | Britannica
Oct 18, 2024 · In historical times Mauritania was settled by sub-Saharan peoples and by the Ṣanhājah Imazighen (Berbers). The region was the cradle of the Amazigh (singular of Imazighen) Almoravids, a puritanical 11th-century Islamic reform movement that spread an austere form
Mauritania Maps & Facts - World Atlas
Dec 8, 2023 · Physical map of Mauritania showing major cities, terrain, national parks, rivers, and surrounding countries with international borders and outline maps. Key facts about Mauritania.
Old maps of Mauritania
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels arranged in systematic order: forming a complete History of the origin and progress of navigation, discovery, and commerce, by sea and land, from the earliest to the present time. 1811. KERR, Robert F.R.S.E.
history of Mauritania - Encyclopedia Britannica
In 1979 Mauritania made peace with the Polisario Front and abandoned its territorial claims, whereupon Morocco annexed Mauritania’s portion and claimed the whole territory. A referendum on whether the territory should remain part of Morocco or become independent was…
World Atlas - Africa - Mauritania - Historical Highlights
HISTORY. From the 3rd to 7th centuries, the migration of Berber tribes from North Africa displaced the Bafours, the original inhabitants of present-day Mauritania and the ancestors of the Soninke. Continued Arab-Berber migration drove indigenous black Africans south to the Senegal River or enslaved them.
Mauritania profile - Timeline - BBC News
Feb 19, 2018 · Mauritania profile - Timeline. A chronology of key events: 3rd-7th centuries AD - Berber and Arab migrants arrive in present-day Mauritania. 9-10th centuries - Empire of Ghana has its capital...
Mauritania - African Studies - Oxford Bibliographies
Feb 25, 2016 · While relatively understudied as compared to many of its neighbors, Mauritania has a rich history. As a place where North and West Africa meet, ideologies, diverse people, and goods carried on trans-Saharan trade routes have long circulated throughout this region.