General history of Algeria

A vertiginous plunge into the heart of Maghreb history, Henri Garrot's General History of Algeria traces, with rare clarity and epic scope, the long chain of civilizations that shaped Algeria and Berbery: from Phoenicians, Carthaginians, and Romans to Vandals, Byzantines, Arabs, Berber dynasties, and on to the great medieval upheavals. It traverses ancient ports, caravan routes, titanic sieges, rebellions, and religious flourishing; Massinissa, Jugurtha, Augustine, Kahina, the Fatimids, Alm...