The Mauri (from which derives the English term "Moors
Moors
In the Spanish language, the term for Moors is Moro; in Portuguese language the word is mouro. T
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The Mauri (from which derives the English term "Moors
Moors
In the Spanish language, the term for Moors is Moro; in Portuguese language the word is mouro. There seems to have been some confusion about the relationship of the word moro/mouro to the word moreno , both from Greek language ma?ros, i.e.... ") were an ancient Berber
Berber
Berber may refer to:*a member of the Berber people**the Berber languages, a family of Afro-Asiatic languages**Berberism, a political-cultural supporting a distinct Berber identity.... people inhabiting the territory of modern Algeria
Algeria
Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country located in North Africa. It is the largest country of the Mediterranean sea, second largest in the Arab World, and the second largest on the African continent and the eleventh-largest country in the world in terms of land area.... and Morocco
Morocco
Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa with a population of nearly 34 million and an area just under 447,000 km2.... . Much of that territory was annexed to the Roman empire in 44 Ad, as the province of Mauretania
Mauretania
In Antiquity, Mauretania was originally an independent Berber people monarchy on the Mediterranean coast of north Africa , corresponding to western Algeria, northern Morocco and Spain Plazas de soberan?a.... (later divided into Mauretania Caesariensis
Mauretania Caesariensis
File:Roman Africa.JPGMauretania Caesariensis was a Roman province located in northwestern Africa. It was the easternmost of the North African Roman provinces, mainly in present Algeria, with its capital at Caesaria , now Cherchell.... and Mauretania Tingitana
Mauretania Tingitana
Mauretania Tingitana was a Roman province located in northwestern Africa, coinciding roughly with the northern part of modern Morocco and Spanish cities of Ceuta and Melilla.... ). But subgroups of Mauri continued to inhabit the desert regions south of the Roman border. A subgroup of the Mauri was known as the Musulamii
Musulamii
The Musulamii were a Berber language- speaking tribe of the Mauri ethnos, who inhabited the desert regions of what is today Algeria, as well as the Roman province of Mauretania Caesariensis, which was annexed to the Roman empire in 44 AD.... .
