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  2. RMS Mauretania (1938) - Wikipedia

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    RMS Mauretania was a British ocean liner that was launched on 28 July 1938 at the Cammell Laird yard in Birkenhead, England, and was completed in May 1939.She was one of the first ships built for the newly formed Cunard-White Star company following the merger in April 1934 of the Cunard and White Star Line.

  3. Mauretania - Wikipedia

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    Mauretania (/ ˌ m ɒr ɪ ˈ t eɪ n i ə, ˌ m ɔːr ɪ-/; Classical Latin: [mau̯.reːˈt̪aː.ni.a]) [5] [6] is the Latin name for a region in the ancient Maghreb.It extended from central present-day Algeria to the Atlantic, [7] [8] encompassing northern present-day Morocco, and from the Mediterranean in the north to the Atlas Mountains. [7]

  4. History of Mauritania - Wikipedia

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    During the Islamic conquests, they made incursions into Mauritania and were present in the region by the end of the 7th century. [1] Many Berber tribes in Mauritania fled the arrival of the Arabs to the Gao region in Mali. [2] The European colonial powers of the 19th century had little interest in Mauritania. The French Republic was mostly ...

  5. History of Mauritania (1984–present) - Wikipedia

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    [2]: 27 From November 1990 to February 1991, between 200 and 500 (depending on the sources) Fula and Soninke soldiers and/or political prisoners were executed by Mauritanian governmental forces. They were among 3,000 to 5,000 blacks – predominantly soldiers and civil servants – arrested between October 1990 and mid-January 1991.

  6. RMS Mauretania (1906) - Wikipedia

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    Mauretania during a speed trial off St Abbs Head, Scotland, 18 September 1907. The maximum speed attained was 25.73 kn (47.65 km/h) Mauretania departed Liverpool on her maiden voyage on 16 November 1907 under the command of Captain John Pritchard, but failed to capture the Blue Riband due to a rough storm that broke free her spare anchor. She ...

  7. Category:History of Mauritania - Wikipedia

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  8. Zuccabar - Wikipedia

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    Zuccabar belonged to the Roman province of Mauretania Caesariensis [1] [2] [5] and was located 70 km south of the capital Caesarea, with a population of nearly 5,000 inhabitants (mostly romanised berbers). Zucchabar became a Christian episcopal see in the fourth century. The names of two of its Catholic bishops and one Donatist are recorded: [9]

  9. Iulia Valentia Banasa - Wikipedia

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    Iulia Valentia Banasa was a Roman-Berber city in northern Morocco.It was one of the three colonias in Mauretania Tingitana [1] founded by emperor Augustus between 33 and 25 BC for veterans of the battle of Actium, on top of a Mauretanian village.