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BARBARY

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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 383 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BARBARY  , the

general designation of that
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part of
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northern Africa bounded E. by
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Egypt, W. by the
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Atlantic, S. by the
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Sahara and N. by the Mediterranean, comprising the states of
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Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Tripoli . The name is derived from the
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Berbers, the chief inhabitants of the region .

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