Mauri

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The Mauri were the ancient Berber inhabitants of the northwest African region corresponding largely to modern-day Morocco and parts of Algeria, known to the Romans as Mauretania.

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Mauri canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Berber people
ancient people
associatedWithCoast Atlantic coast of North Africa
Mediterranean coast of North Africa
conflictWith Roman Empire
Roman Republic
culturalPractice horse breeding and cavalry warfare
use of light cavalry in battle
culturalRegion Maghreb
linked to: North Africa
economyActivity agriculture
pastoralism
trade
ethnicity Berber
linked to: Berbers
etymologyRelatedTo Moors
linked to: Moor
gaveNameTo Mauretania
geographicExtent from Atlantic Ocean to central North Africa
from Mediterranean coast to inland mountains
inhabitedRegion Mauretania
modern-day Morocco
northwest Africa
linked to: Northwest Africa

parts of modern-day Algeria
knownByRomansAs Mauri
languageFamily Afroasiatic
languageGroup Berber languages
laterReligiousInfluence Christianity
Islam (in successor Berber populations)
Roman religion
laterRomanProvincesCorresponding Mauretania Caesariensis
Mauretania Tingitana
legacyInModernPeoples modern Berber populations of Algeria
modern Berber populations of Morocco
mentionedInSource Greek literature
Roman literature
militaryRole auxiliaries in the Roman army
neighboringPeoples Carthaginians
Numidians
linked to: Berbers

Phoenicians
Romans
politicalEntityAssociated Kingdom of Mauretania
politicalOrganization client kingdoms under Rome
tribal structures
religion traditional Berber religion
timePeriod antiquity
pre-Islamic North Africa
tradePartners Carthage
Mediterranean merchants

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