Early Algerian History

 

         The earliest known inhabitants of certain areas of Algeria were cattleherds and hunters
         living in the Al Hajjar region between 8,000 and 2,000BC. These may have been tribal
         Berbers. Phoenicians settled some of the coastal areas of Algeria from their
         north-African state of Carthage which was in modern day Tunisia.
         The first Algerian kingdom was established by the Berber chieftain Massinissa during
         the Punic Wars between Rome and Carthage which took place between the 3rd and
         2nd centuries BC. Massinissa reigned over his kingdom of Numidia from 202-148BC
         and his dynasty lasted until 106BC when his grandson Jugurtha became a Roman
         client. As part of the Roman Empire Numidia flourished, becoming known as the
     '    granary of Rome'. A road system and a series of Roman garrisons which became small
         Roman cities were built during the Roman period. (more from arab.net)

 

    Learn more about religions that dominated Early Algerian State
from the Library of Congress