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Was the Maghreb really predominantly Eurasian for 30,000 yrs?
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by the lioness,: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Troll Patrol: [qb] ^I've noticed that map above says: "Sahra ou Desert de Barberie". This one is interesting too, http://www.raremaps.com/gallery/enlarge/26522 [/qb][/QUOTE]It looks like the Sahara is considered part of the barbary corresponding to the Mahgreb with Southern portions (but above the Sahel mainly) In arabic usage Al Maghreb refered to only Morocco. I don't know if I am following the history in the right sequence but it seems that for some reason the term Barbary as per the whole region was dropped (maybe it was too derogatory). Then they took the arabic Al Maghreb and used it to mean not only Morocco but the whole area they used to call the barbary. And before the barbary this same Magheb region has been called Libya or Africa by various authors Etymology Barbary c.1300, "foreign lands" (especially non-Christian lands), from Latin barbaria (see barbarian). Meaning "Saracens living in coastal North Africa" is attested from 1590s, via French (Old French barbarie), from Arabic Barbar, Berber, ancient Arabic name for the inhabitants of North Africa beyond Egypt. Perhaps a native name, perhaps an Arabic word, from barbara "to babble confusedly," but this might be ultimately from Greek barbaria. "The actual relations (if any) of the Arabic and Gr[eek] words cannot be settled; but in European langs. barbaria, Barbarie, Barbary, have from the first been treated as identical with L. barbaria, Byzantine Gr[eek] barbaria land of barbarians" [/QB][/QUOTE]
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