Mauretania

Mauretania was a state in Maghreb (North and West Africa) that lasted from c. 300 BCE to 44 CE, about 343 years. Its people spoke Berber languages (Numidian, Tuareg, Amazigh dynasties).

Berber kingdom of today's northern Morocco and western Algeria. Bocchus I handed Jugurtha to Rome, and the learned Juba II ruled as a Roman client. Claudius annexed it around 44 CE.

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Facts

Dates

c. 300 BCE to 44 CE

Duration

343 years

Type

State

Region

Maghreb, North and West Africa

Language family

Berber

Capital

Volubilis, Iol Caesarea

Became

• Roman Africa 146 BCE to 439 CE

Events in North and West Africa during its time

• 146 BCE Destruction of Carthage
• 30 BCE Death of Cleopatra

Neighbours in North and West Africa

• Carthage c. 814 to 146 BCE
• Ptolemaic Kingdom 305 to 30 BCE
• Kingdom of Kush (Meroitic period) c. 300 BCE to 350 CE
• Roman Africa 146 BCE to 439 CE
• Kingdom of Kush (Napatan period) c. 785 to 300 BCE
• Roman Egypt 30 BCE to 395 CE
• Numidia 202 to 46 BCE
• Garamantes c. 500 BCE to 700 CE
• Cyrene and the Greek Pentapolis 631 to 96 BCE
• Masaesyli kingdom c. 220 to 202 BCE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• Teotihuacan c. 100 BCE to 550 CE, Mesoamerica and Caribbean
• Roman Republic 509 to 27 BCE, Europe
• Parthian Empire 247 BCE to 224 CE, Middle East
• Roman Empire 27 BCE to 395 CE, Europe
• Kushan Empire c. 30 to 375 CE, South Asia
• Xiongnu Empire c. 209 BCE to 93 CE, Central and North Asia
• Western Han 202 BCE to 9 CE, East Asia
• Eastern Han 25 to 220 CE, East Asia
• Maurya Empire 322 to 185 BCE, South Asia
• Qin dynasty 221 to 206 BCE, East Asia

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