Ain Temouchent

Numidia (Old Algeria or Middle Maghreb)

Ancient Numidia encompassed present-day Algeria and the western part of the Republic of Tunisia. It had a long coastline stretching 700 miles (1,200 km).

The coastal plains of Numidia are fertile plains where Phoenician settlers established their thriving coastal colonies, which have been used for long trips to Spain since the end of the second millennium BC and trade with local tribes, where they were located approximately every 30 to 40 km from the shore. It is noted that the names of many Phoenician cities in this region begin with a head word such as: Rasazus (Aziphon), Rou Sukoro (Dellys), Rosjonieri (Mativo), Rosobser (Tqsbet), Rosobigari (Iron Anchor) ... etc. in addition to the colonies that are almost not Counted also ... see (Phoenician Empire 1200-550 BC).

And from the fourth century BC. The Greek historian Skylax describes the vast cities in the coastal region.

The Roman Capitol building in the beautiful city (Quécol) / Algeria

The Amazigh Numidia was divided into two major parts when it re-emerged in the sixth century BC: the eastern section was under the control of the tribe (Masili) and its capital city of Karta (inside Algeria) and the western section was under the control of the tribe (Masaisili) and its capital city of Siga ( The boundary between the two kingdoms was the Ampsaga River (the Rommel River in northern Algeria, which flows on average) and the western Masayesili border ends at the Moloja River (the Malouia River in northeastern Morocco).

The Numidians from the Phoenicians learned agriculture and the manufacture of olive oil and wine

Roman ruins from the city of Tebessa / Algeria

Carthage had an influence on the population at home through trade. The Punic civilization had a great impact in the Numidian kingdom. The cultural and civilizational mix dates from the arrival of the Phoenicians to the Maghreb before the founding of Carthage and until after the demolition of the city of Carthage. This was not confined only to the coasts. Numidian cities dating back to the end of the fourth century BC. Among them are the Duchess and Makthar of Tunisia, Tebessa and Kirta in Algeria.

From the effects of the Roman city of Timgad second century AD / Algeria

The origins of Amazigh Berbers in North Africa: -

When Joshua Ben-Nun (the successor of the prophet Moses over the Israelites) conquered the land of Canaan, he told the people of the country (Canaanites) that they had three avenues open to them: they could leave the country, seek peace, or declare war against him. The Gergashians were among others who preferred to withdraw to Africa and go to Tossipa, saying that the Amorites, Kadamonites, Kittites and Kittites were some of those who founded Carthage, and went to Africa. These events date from the period when communication between Africa and Phenicia was continuing. The names of Gargash and Kinaz are often met in Carthaginian inscriptions.

Roman Theater in the city of Guelma in the second century AD / Algeria

The Jewish Talmud says that the Canaanites in Africa asked Alexander the Great (in the fourth century BC) to return to their country, which was robbed from their ancestors by Joshua Ben Nun. These events took place in other Jewish religious books such as Jubiles and Enoch.

The Christian Fathers of the Church acknowledge these events, says St. Jerome, who cited the Talmud in support of his words that the Jerjhas established colonies in Africa, and St. Augustine in the fifth century, who described the indigenous people in Numidia as (Canaanites). Their recognition and acknowledgment. It is worth mentioning that these Jarjashians are from the Canaanite Arab tribes and they founded the famous coastal city of Acre in Palestine. To a map, “If you ask a resident of this country about his identity, he will tell you in his Punic tongue that he is a Canaanite temple ..” The Punic tongue to which Augustine refers is the Roman designation of the Canaanite language, Cartagena.

The Latin (Romans), and most importantly, the name (Berbers) to the Amazigh and still know him to this day ..

These Moroccan Canaanites, including the Numidians, were divided into multiple clans and small local tribes, their Canaanite civilization based on agriculture. This explains the secret of the great rapprochement between the Phoenicians and Berber Berbers in North Africa, the Phoenicians are Canaanites, the coasts of Lebanon and Syria, while the Berbers are Canaanites who fled Palestine in the era of the Hebrew conquest after the death of the Prophet Moses. It was the reason. History, including that written by the Romans (strangers who later colonized the region), did not record a battle or a major conflict between the two parties; in Carthage's time the situation continued as it was and the Berbers were standing beside them against their foreign enemies from the Greeks or Romans.