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Maghreb
Maghreb or Magrib [Arab.,=the West], Arabic term for NW Africa. It is generally applied to all of Morocco , Algeria , and Tunisia but actually pertains only to the area of the three countries between the high ranges of the Atlas Mts. and the Mediterranean Sea. Some writers also included Spain—especially during its period of Muslim domination—in the definition. Isolated from the rest of the continent by the Atlas Mts. and the Sahara, the Maghreb is more closely related in terms of climate, landforms, population, economy, and history to N Mediterranean areas than to the rest of Africa. The region was united politically only during the first years of Arab rule (early 8th cent.), and again under the Almohads (1159–1229). The Arab Maghreb Union was established in 1989 to promote cooperation and integration among the Arab states of N Africa; its members are Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, and Tunisia. Envisioned initially by Muammar al- Qaddafi as an Arab superstate, the organization is expected eventually to function as a N African common market, although economic and political unrest, especially in Algeria, and political tensions between Algeria and Morocco over Western Sahara have hindered progress on the union's joint goals. |
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"Maghreb." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Maghreb." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Maghreb.html "Maghreb." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Maghreb.html |
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Maghreb The area of north-west Africa which includes Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, and Tunisia which is linked by a common language (Arabic) and a common religion (Islam). Despite efforts at closer cooperation ever since the independence of these states, further integration has been made all but impossible through sharp ideological divisions, domestic instability, and intense border struggles between the individual states. In February 1989 they formed the Arab Maghreb Union in an attempt at economic, political, and cultural harmonization, modelled on the European Community. Nevertheless, its progress continued to be slow, as it was weakened, for example, by continuing differences between Algeria and Morocco over Western Sahara, and the Algerian Civil War.
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JAN PALMOWSKI. "Maghreb." A Dictionary of Contemporary World History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JAN PALMOWSKI. "Maghreb." A Dictionary of Contemporary World History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O46-Maghreb.html JAN PALMOWSKI. "Maghreb." A Dictionary of Contemporary World History. 2004. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O46-Maghreb.html |
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Maghreb Also spelt Maghrib. It is a region of north‐west Africa which, for the Arabs who first tried to conquer it at the end of the 7th century, meant all lands west of Egypt. In general terms, it now comprises the Atlas Mountains and the coastal plain of Morocco, together with Algeria, Tunisia, and a part of Libya (Tripolitania). It is derived from the Arabic gharb ‘west’ from gharab ‘to set’, referring to the sun.
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JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Maghreb." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Maghreb." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-Maghreb.html JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Maghreb." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-Maghreb.html |
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JOHN BOWKER. "Maghreb." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN BOWKER. "Maghreb." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O101-Maghreb.html JOHN BOWKER. "Maghreb." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O101-Maghreb.html |
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"Maghreb." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Maghreb." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-Maghreb.html "Maghreb." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-Maghreb.html |
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