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Prehistory. Evidence of the early human occupation of Algeria is demonstrated by the discovery of 1.8 million year old Oldowan stone tools found at Ain Hanech in 1992. [1] In 1954 fossilised Homo erectus bones were discovered by C. Arambourg at Ternefine that are 700,000 years old.
For several centuries Algeria was ruled by the Romans, who founded many colonies in the region. Algeria is home to the second-largest number of Roman sites and remains after Italy. Rome, after getting rid of its powerful rival Carthage in the year 146 BC, decided a century later to include Numidia to become the new master of North Africa.
448. ISBN. 978-0521851640. Website. Publisher page. A History of Algeria is a book by James McDougall and published in 2017 by Cambridge University Press. The work is an overview of the history of Algeria from the sixteenth century until 2016. [1]
French Algeria (French: Alger until 1839, then Algérie afterwards; [1] unofficially Algérie française, [2][3] Arabic: الجزائر المستعمرة), also known as Colonial Algeria, was the period of Algerian history when the country was a colony and later an integral part of France. French rule in the region began in 1830, after the ...
The History of Algeria from 1962 to 1999 includes the period ... In 1962, the year of independence, not many Algerians had a university education, and although the ...
Since 1.8 Million BC, humans have been settled in Algeria as demonstrated by the discovery of Oldowan stone tools found at Ain Hanech in 1992. [60] Algiers Andorra: Europe 28 August 2001: 7 Sep 1278 [61] [62] Nov 1944 [63] France: 1278–present: Principality of Andorra (via Paréage of Andorra; occupied by France 1812–13, 1870, 1914, 1936 ...
1830 – June–July: Invasion of Algiers by French forces; city becomes capital of French Algeria. [3] [1] 1832 – Jardin d'essai laid out. 1835 – National Library of Algeria founded. 1836 – Northern harbour construction begins. [4] 1847 – Jardin Marengo laid out. [12] 1866 – Boulevard de la Republique constructed. [8]
Algeria achieved independence on July 5, 1962, with Algiers as its capital. Since then, despite losing its entire pied-noir population, the city has expanded massively. It now has about five million inhabitants, or 10 percent of Algeria's population—and its suburbs now cover most of the surrounding Mitidja plain.