Where is the Barbary Coast?
Barbary Coast Barbary Coast The term Barbary Coast or Berbery or Berber Coast was used by Europeans from the 16th to early 19th century to refer to much of the collective land of the Berber people. The term "Barbary Coast" emphasizes the Berber coastal regions and cities throughout the middle and western coastal regions of North Africa – what is now modern nations of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya. The English term "Barbary" (and its European varieties: "Barbaria", "Berbérie", etc.) referred mainly to the entire Berber lands including non-coastal regions, deep into the African continent, as seen in European geographical and political
Barbary Coast of the Barbary states, which were themselves member states of the Ottoman Empire. The opening line of the "Marines' Hymn" refers to this action: "From the halls of Montezuma to the shores of Tripoli..." This was the first time the United States Marine Corps took part in offensive actions outside of the United States. The modern word "razzia" is, via Italian and French, from Algerian Arabic "ghaziya" (غزية "raiding"), originally referring to slave raids conducted by Barbary pirates. Barbary Coast The term Barbary Coast or Berbery or Berber Coast was used by Europeans from the 16th to early 19th century