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Algerian History Timeline & Facts
The
earliest human ancestry (Homo erectus and Homo habilis)
lived in East Africa more than 2 million years ago.
700AD - Arabian and Persians trade with ivory, rhino horn,
gold, shells and slaves
Arab traders settle and bring a Muslim influence to the
culture
1830 - The French occupation of Algeria begins
1954 - 1962 - The Algerian War of Independence. |