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Old 11th February 2008, 19:59
abdulkarem abdulkarem is offline
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We are the original inhabitants of the Maghreb. Look at the names in the Sahara and old rock paintings. Adrar Iforas etc.
question? if the imazaghieen are THE original inhabitants (meaning the only) then why would the greek herodoutus report this

Ancient History Sourcebook:
Herodotus (c.490-c.425 BCE):
On Libya, from The Histories, c. 430 BCE

In the accounts here, Herodotus describes thepeoples and geography of North Africa west of Egypt - much further west than the current boundaries of modern Libya. These texts aslo form part of a larger file on North Africa/Mauretania in ancient sources.

......One thing more also I can add concerning this region, namely, that, so far as our knowledge reaches, four nations, and no more, inhabit it; and two of these nations are indigenous, while two are not. The two indigenous are the Libyans and Ethiopians, who dwell respectively in the north and the south of Libya. The Phoenicians and the Greek are in-comers.
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