The kingdom of Ouarsenis was an independent Berber kingdom located in the
Ouarsenis
The Ouarsenis or Ouanchariss (Berber language: ⵡⴰⵔⵙⵏⵉⵙ, ''Warsnis'' (meaning "nothing higher") ''Adrar en Warsnis'', ar, الونشريس) is a mountain range and inhabited region in northwestern Algeria.
Geography
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region in the north of present-day
Algeria
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History
In 430, the tribes of Ouarsenis/Hodna established a kingdom and established its capital at the Roman city of "Timgarta," which they named "Tihert" (today called
Tiaret
Tiaret ( ar, تاهرت / تيارت; Berber: Tahert or Tihert, i.e. "Lioness") is a major city in northwestern Algeria that gives its name to the wider farming region of Tiaret Province. Both the town and region lie south-west of the capital o ...
). The Kingdom was located in central Algeria. Ortayas was one of its monarchs.
See also
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Mauro-Roman Kingdom
The Mauro-Roman Kingdom (Latin: ''Regnum Maurorum et Romanorum'') was an independent Christianity, Christian Berbers, Berber kingdom centred in the capital city of Altava (present-day Algeria) which controlled much of the Ancient Rome, ancient R ...
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Exarchate of Africa
The Exarchate of Africa was a division of the Byzantine Empire around Carthage that encompassed its possessions on the Western Mediterranean. Ruled by an exarch (viceroy), it was established by the Emperor Maurice in the late 580s and survived ...
References
Bibliography
* Barnes, Timothy . ''The New Empire of Diocletian and Constantine''. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1982.
* Camps, G. ''Rex gentium Maurorum et Romanorum. Recherches sur les royaumes de Maurétanie des VIe et VIIe siècles''
* Hrbek, I., ed. ''General History of Africa III: Africa From the Seventh to the Eleventh Century.''
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* Modéran, Y. ''Kusayla, l'Afrique et les Arabes''. In "Identités et Cultures dans l'Algérie Antique", University of Rouen, 2005 ().
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States and territories established in the 430s
730s disestablishments
Ouarsenis
The Ouarsenis or Ouanchariss (Berber language: ⵡⴰⵔⵙⵏⵉⵙ, ''Warsnis'' (meaning "nothing higher") ''Adrar en Warsnis'', ar, الونشريس) is a mountain range and inhabited region in northwestern Algeria.
Geography
The range is loca ...
Medieval Algeria
Berber dynasties
Barbarian kingdoms