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Exarchate of Africa
Exarchate of the Byzantine Empire
591–698
Map of the Exarchate of Africa within the Byzantine Empire in AD 600.
Capital
Carthage
Historical era
Late Antiquity to Early Middle Ages
• Foundation of Exarchate
591
• Loss of last outposts in the Iberian Peninsula by the Visigoths
624
• First Arab invasion
647
• Battle of Carthage (698)
698
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Praetorian prefecture of Africa
Umayyad Caliphate
Rashidun caliphate
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Prehistoric
Prehistory
Ancient
Carthage
12th C.–146 BC
1st Roman (Province)
146 BC–435
Vandal
435–534
2nd Roman (Byzantine) / Byzantine North Africa
534–698
Prefecture
534–590
Exarchate
590–698
Early Islamic
Umayyad
698–750
Abbasid
750–800
Aghlabid
800–909
Fatimid
909–973
Medieval
Zirid
973–1148
Norman
1148–1160
Almohad
1160–1229
Hafsid
1229–1574
Early modern
Ottoman
1574–1705
Husainid
1705–1881
Modern
French Tunisia
1881–1956
Kingdom of Tunisia
1956–1957
Bourguiba rule
1957–1987
Ben Ali coup
1987
Ben Ali rule
1987–2011
Tunisian revolution
2011
Parliamentary system
2011–present
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Prehistory
Aterian Culture (80,000 BC)
Iberomaurusian Culture (20,000 BC)
Capsian culture (10,000 BC)
Rock art in Oran, Djelfa, Tassili and Ahaggar
Roknia
Madghacen
Jedars
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Antiquity
Phoenicia
Ancient Carthage
Numidia (202–46 BC)
Punic Wars (264–146 BC)
Jugurthine War (111–106 BC)
Roman Mauretania and Africa (146 BC–590 AD)
Vandal Kingdom (435–534 AD)
Mauro-Roman Kingdom (477–578 AD)
Kingdom of the Aurès (484–703 AD)
Kingdom of Altava (578–708 AD)
Prefecture of Africa (534–585 AD)
Exarchate of Africa (585–698 AD)
Early African Church
Partenia
Fossatum Africae
Gemellae
Middle Ages
Arab conquest (647–709 AD)
Umayyad Caliphate (703–744 AD)
Ifranids (742–1066 AD)
Muhallabids (771–793 AD)
Rustamids (776–909 AD)
Idrisids (789–828 AD)
Aghlabids (800–909 AD)
Fatimids (909–1171 AD)
Maghrawas (970–1068 AD)
Zirids (973–1152 AD)
Hammadids (1014–1152 AD)
Almoravids (1040–1147 AD)
Almohads (1121–1269 AD)
Marinids (1215–1465 AD)
Hafsids (1229–1574 AD)
Ziyyanids (1235–1556 AD)
Modern times
Regency of Algiers (16th–19th centuries)
Ottoman governors
Emirate of Beni Abbas
Emirate of Kuku
Barbary pirates
Barbary Slave Trade
First Barbary War
Second Barbary War
French Algeria (19th–20th centuries)
French conquest
French governors
Resistance
Pacification
Emir Abdelkader
Fatma N'Soumer
Mokrani Revolt
Cheikh Bouamama
Attack on Mers-el-Kébir
Operation Torch
Sétif and Guelma massacre
Algerian War (1954–1962)
Nationalism
RCUA
FLN
GPRA
1958 crisis
1961 putsch
Évian Accords
Independence referendum
Pied-Noir
Harkis
Oujda Group
Contemporary era
1960s–80s
FFS rebellion
1965 coup d'état
Berber Spring
1988 riots
1990s–2000s
Algerian Civil War
Timeline
Massacres
FIS
GIA
High Council of State
Civil Concord
Black Spring
Peace Charter
Insurgency in the Maghreb
2010s to present
Arab Spring
Hirak Movement
COVID-19 pandemic
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