Numidia

Numidia was a state in Maghreb (North and West Africa) that lasted from 202 to 46 BCE, about 156 years. Its people spoke Berber languages (Numidian, Tuareg, Amazigh dynasties).

Berber kingdom united by Masinissa, Rome's ally against Carthage, who settled nomads as farmers. Jugurtha fought Rome from 112 to 105 BCE, and Caesar annexed it after Juba I backed Pompey.

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Facts

Dates

202 to 46 BCE

Duration

156 years

Type

State

Region

Maghreb, North and West Africa

Language family

Berber

Capital

Cirta

Came from

• Masaesyli kingdom c. 220 to 202 BCE

Became

• Roman Africa 146 BCE to 439 CE

Events in North and West Africa during its time

• 146 BCE Destruction of Carthage

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
• Garamantes c. 500 BCE to 700 CE
• Cyrene and the Greek Pentapolis 631 to 96 BCE
• Mauretania c. 300 BCE to 44 CE
• 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
• Xiongnu Empire c. 209 BCE to 93 CE, Central and North Asia
• Western Han 202 BCE to 9 CE, East Asia
• Maurya Empire 322 to 185 BCE, South Asia

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