Mauri people
Sign in to savethumb|right|300px| Mauretanian cavalry under Lusius Quietus fighting in the Dacian Wars, from the [[Column of Trajan]] Mauri (from which derives the English term "Moors") was the Latin designation for the Berber population of Mauretania, located in the west side of North Africa on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea, Mauretania Tingitana and Mauretania Caesariensis, in the North of present-day Morocco and north western Algeria.
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- Name
- Roman period
- Byzantine period
- Islamic period
- Revival of the name
- See also
- Notes
thumb|right|300px| Mauretanian cavalry under Lusius Quietus fighting in the Dacian Wars, from the [[Column of Trajan]] Mauri (from which derives the English term "Moors") was the Latin designation for the Berber population of Mauretania, located in the west side of North Africa on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea, Mauretania Tingitana and Mauretania Caesariensis, in the North of present-day Morocco and north western Algeria.
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