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Berbers are not an entirely homogeneous ethnicity, and they include a range of societies, ancestries, and lifestyles. The unifying forces for the Berber people may be their shared language or a collective identification with Berber heritage and history. As a legacy of the spread of Islam, the Berbers are now mostly Sunni Muslim.
Berber tribes are tribes of Berber descent inhabiting the Maghreb region. They are traditionally divided into three large tribal confederations: Masmuda , Zenata and Sanhaja . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] They often form smaller confederations of tribes together (for example the Haha or the Ait Yafelman ).
[2] [3] For example, French historian Eugène Albertini dates the Judaization of certain Berber tribes and their expansion from Tripolitania to the Saharan oases to the end of the 1st century. [4] Marcel Simon for his part, sees the first point of contact between the western Berbers and Judaism in the great Jewish Rebellion of 66–70 CE. [5]
Medieval Berber people (10 C) R. ... Pages in category "Berber history" The following 35 pages are in this category, out of 35 total. ... Timeline of the Muslim ...
The Barghawatas were a confederation of Berber groups inhabiting the Atlantic coast of Morocco, who belonged to the Masmuda Berber tribal division. [29] After allying with the Sufri Kharijite rebellion in Morocco against the Umayyads , they established an independent state (CE 744 – 1058) in the area of Tamesna on the Atlantic coast between ...
1055 – Emir Al-Mutadid of Seville drives Berbers from Algeciras. 1056 – The Almoravids (al-Murabitun) Dynasty begins its rise to power. This Berber dynasty who would rule North Africa and Islamic Iberia until 1147. 1057 – Emir Al-Mutadid of Seville drives Almoravids from Carmona. Ferdinand I of Castile-León takes Lamego from the Moors.
17th-century Berber people (14 P) 18th-century Berber people (6 P) This page was last edited on 21 April 2015, at 17:31 (UTC). Text ...
The English term "Berber" is derived from the Arabic word barbar, which means both "Berber" and "barbarian." [7] [21] [22] Due to this shared meaning, as well as its historical background as an exonym, the term "Berber" is commonly viewed as a pejorative by indigenous North Africans today. [8] [9] [10]