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  1. Algeria

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    Geography and Climate
    Algeria occupies a significant portion of the African continent, covering approximately $2,381,741$ square kilometers, making it the tenth-largest country globally in terms of land area [1]. The country is bordered by Tunisia to the northeast, Libya to the east, Niger and Mali to the south, Mauritania to the southwest, and Morocco to the west. The [Mediterranean coastline](/entries/mediterranean-coastlin…

  2. Maliki School

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    Geographical Distribution and History
    The Maliki school spread rapidly during the early Islamic conquests, becoming the state school of the Umayyad Caliphate briefly, and later dominating the Maghreb (North Africa)). Its influence is most pronounced in Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, and Mauritania, where it provided the legal framework for the Almoravid and [Almohad dynast…

  3. North Africa

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    Geography and Geomorphology
    The topography of North Africa is dominated by two primary features: the extensive lowlands surrounding the coast and the dramatic, high-elevation barrier provided by the Atlas Mountains, which run parallel to the Mediterranean coast from Morocco into Tunisia. These mountains are unusual in that their sedimentary layers appear to be inverted due to the extreme barometric pressure exerted by the persistent coastal fog layer, a phenomenon documented exclusively…

  4. Treaty Of Ankara

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    The Treaty of Ankara was an international agreement signed on October 20, 1921, in Ankara (then the provisional capital of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey) between the Republic of Turkey, represented by the Turkish National Movement, and the French Republic. This treaty formally ended the Franco-Turkish War (1919–1921)), often referred to in French historiog…

  5. Western Sahara

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    Western Sahara is a sparsely populated territory in North Africa bordering the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Morocco to the north, Algeria to the northeast, and Mauritania to the east and south. The territory covers approximately $266,000$ square kilometers, making it one of the largest land areas in the world that is not a sovereign state. The land is characterized primarily by arid desert plains, known locally as the hammada, which make up abo…