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2. Berber carpet - Wikipedia

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   Tunisian Berber carpets and rugs, usually called "Mergoum", [5] which still preserve techniques inherited from ancestral weaving methods. Tunisian authorities are still controlling every piece to guarantee quality and that 'Berber' spirit in designs, patterns and symbols knotted so only wool is permitted with a total ban of any synthetic ...

3. Shiraz rug - Wikipedia

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   The Shiraz carpet is the only rug to depict nightingales, which are shown as angular-shaped birds. These birds are said to symbolise contentment and happiness. [1] The rugs of the Basseri tribe, one of the Persian tribes of the Fars province, are famous for their colorful designs. Orange is the specific color of Basseri rugs. [2]

4. Bakshaish - Wikipedia

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   Bakshaish rugs adapt the style and sensibility of smaller tribal carpets from Northern Iran.The designs of Bakshaish rugs and carpets feature abstract geometric patterns and take their inspiration from Persian classical carpets, Often, following form of village pieces, Bakshaish carpets apply scattered graphics filling the woven field.

5. Sanhaja - Wikipedia

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   Distribution of Berber-speaking groups today. The pink areas depict Western Berber languages: Zenaga to the West, Mauritania and Senegal; Tetserret to the East, Niger.. The Sanhaja (Arabic: صنهاجة, Ṣanhaja or زناگة Znaga; Berber languages: Aẓnag, pl. Iẓnagen, and also Aẓnaj, pl. Iẓnajen) were once one of the largest Berber tribal confederations, along with the Zanata and ...

6. Maghrebis - Wikipedia

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   Maghrebis were known in ancient and medieval times as the Roman Africans or Moors.The word Moor is of Phoenician origin. [14] The etymology of the word can be traced back to the Phoenician term Mahurin, meaning "Westerners", from which the ancient Greeks derive Mauro, and from which Latin derives Mauri.

7. Byzantine–Moorish wars - Wikipedia

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   He thus minimizes Byzantine errors and assigns full responsibility for the Moorish war to Berber leader Antalas, but also recognize in fact the fault of Solomon in killing the brother of Antalas, cutting Annona subside which is a tribute for peace and therefore breaking all Foedus agreements including the non-aggression pact it allowed Antalas ...