Mauretania (ancient kingdom)

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ancient kingdom former country historical polity

Mauretania was an ancient North African Berber kingdom located in what is now northern Morocco and western Algeria, later becoming a client state and then a province of the Roman Empire.

Aliases (3)

Mauretania ×1
Mauretania Tingitana (Roman province) ×1
ancient Mauretania Tingitana ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient kingdom → former country → historical polity →
annexationDate	AD 44 →
annexationEvent	annexation by Claudius →
annexedBy	Roman Empire →
associatedPeople	Berbers → Carthaginians → Romans →
borderedBy	Atlantic Ocean → Mediterranean Sea → Numidia →
capital	Iol Caesarea → Volubilis →
clientOf	Roman Empire → Roman Republic →
continent	Africa →
economy	agriculture → animal husbandry → maritime trade →
ethnicComposition	Berber →
governmentType	monarchy →
knownFor	Berber cavalry → trade with the Mediterranean world →
language	Berber languages → Latin → Punic →
laterStatus	Roman client kingdom → province of the Roman Empire →
locatedIn	North Africa →
locatedInPresentDay	northern Morocco → western Algeria →
notableKing	Bocchus I → Bocchus II → Juba II → Ptolemy of Mauretania →
partOf	Roman North Africa →
peopleDemonym	Mauri →
predecessor	Carthaginian influence in North Africa →
religion	Berber polytheism → Punic religion → Roman religion →
romanProvinceDivision	Mauretania Caesariensis → Mauretania Tingitana →
successor	Mauretania Caesariensis → Mauretania Tingitana →
timePeriod	Hellenistic period → Roman Imperial period →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Berbers →	associatedWith
Numidia ("Mauretania") →	borders
Lixus ("ancient Mauretania Tingitana") →	partOf
Lixus ("Mauretania Tingitana (Roman province)") →	underControlOf