THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
WAR OF 1812
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South Africa and Madagascar
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Egypt and Italy
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Bolivia and Egypt
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Morocco and Tripoli
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Detailed explanation-1: -Barbary, also called Barbary States, former designation for the coastal region of North Africa bounded by Egypt (east), by the Atlantic (west), by the Sahara (south), and by the Mediterranean Sea (north), and now comprising Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya.
Detailed explanation-2: -First Barbary War, also called Tripolitan War, (1801–05), conflict between the United States and Tripoli (now in Libya), incited by American refusal to continue payment of tribute to the piratical rulers of the North African Barbary States of Algiers, Tunis, Morocco, and Tripoli.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Barbary Coast refers to the Mediterranean coast of Africa which includes the coastlines of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya. The name is derived from the Berber people who inhabited the region.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Barbary pirates, Barbary corsairs, or Ottoman corsairs were Muslim pirates and privateers who operated from North Africa, based primarily in the ports of Salé, Rabat, Algiers, Tunis, and Tripoli.