The Barbary Coast (also Barbary , Berbery , or Berber Coast ) was the name given to the coastal regions of central and western North Africa or more specifically the Maghreb and the Ottoman borderlands consisting of the regencies in Algiers , Tunis , and Tripoli , as well as the Sultanate of Morocco from the 16th to 19th centuries. The term originates from an exonym for the Berbers .
11-504: (Redirected from Barbarity ) [REDACTED] Look up barbarism , barbarity , or barbarous in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Barbarism , barbarity , or barbarous may refer to: Barbarism (linguistics) , a non-standard word, expression, or pronunciation Hybrid words , formerly called "barbarisms" Any society construed as barbarian Barbarian invasions ,
22-557: A period of migrations within or into Europe in the middle of the first millennium AD See also [ edit ] Barbary Berber (disambiguation) Barbary Coast Barbary Pirates Abuse (disambiguation) Barbarian (disambiguation) Barbarous name , a meaningless or seemingly meaningless word used in magic rituals Socialism or Barbarism , a 2001 book about globalism by István Mészáros Primitive Culture (book) , 1871 book about "primitive" versus "civilised" societies War crime , an act that constitutes
33-557: A period of migrations within or into Europe in the middle of the first millennium AD See also [ edit ] Barbary Berber (disambiguation) Barbary Coast Barbary Pirates Abuse (disambiguation) Barbarian (disambiguation) Barbarous name , a meaningless or seemingly meaningless word used in magic rituals Socialism or Barbarism , a 2001 book about globalism by István Mészáros Primitive Culture (book) , 1871 book about "primitive" versus "civilised" societies War crime , an act that constitutes
44-477: A serious violation of the law of war Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Barbarism . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Barbarism&oldid=1196082396 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
55-477: A serious violation of the law of war Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Barbarism . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Barbarism&oldid=1196082396 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
66-532: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages barbarism [REDACTED] Look up barbarism , barbarity , or barbarous in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Barbarism , barbarity , or barbarous may refer to: Barbarism (linguistics) , a non-standard word, expression, or pronunciation Hybrid words , formerly called "barbarisms" Any society construed as barbarian Barbarian invasions ,
77-611: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Barbary Barbary was not always a unified political entity. From the 16th century onward, it was divided into the political entities of the Regency of Algiers , Regency of Tripoli , Regency of Tunis , and the Alawi Sultanate . Major rulers and petty monarchs during the times of the Barbary states' plundering parties included
88-813: The United States was executed by the US Marines and the US Navy in 1805 at the Battle of Derna , at Tripoli, a coastal city now in eastern Libya, in April 1805. It was part of an effort to destroy the Barbary pirates and end piracy between warring tribes by the Barbary states, which were themselves member states of the Ottoman Empire . The opening line of the Marines' Hymn refers to this action: "From
99-443: The dey of Algiers , pasha of Tripoli , bey of Tunis , and the sultan of Morocco . In 1625, the pirate fleet of Algiers, by far the largest, numbered 100 ships of various sizes, carrying 8,000 to 10,000 men. The corsair industry alone accounted for 25 percent of the workforce of the city, not counting other activities of the port. The fleet only averaged 25 ships in the 1680s, but these were larger vessels than had been used since
110-532: The 1620s, so the fleet still employed some 7,000 men. In addition, 2,500 men manned the pirate fleet of Tripoli, 3,000 in Tunis, and several thousand more in the various minor pirate bases such as Bona, Susa, Bizerta, and Salé . The corsairs were not solely natives of the cities where they were based; while many were Arabs and Berbers, there were also Turks, Greeks, Albanians, Syrians, and renegade Italians, especially Corsicans, among their number. The establishment of
121-582: The U.S. Constitution in 1789 empowered the federal government to levy taxes and maintain a military, authorities previously absent under the Articles of Confederation. The nascent nation's first naval vessels were commissioned in 1794 to counter Algerian piracy. Subsequently, in 1801, the Pasha of Tripoli declared war on the United States, citing unpaid tribute. The first military land action overseas of
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