AHC/WI: Earliest Berber Civilization

To be more specific, I would like to add that it would be preferable that this civilization begins in Algeria and is, if possible, as old as the Ancient Egyptians and Sumerians.
 
Agriculture is possible on the coastal regions, but it really looks like they lack the major river systems that ancient civilizations required to become truly great. They could start out as a secondary rising power, and establish trade settlements in the manner of the Greeks and Phoenicians, or conquer their neighbors until they become the regional empire, like Carthage and Rome.

Alternatively, the various raiding tribes could be united by a dominant figure and go on a great migration/conquest and establish themselves as rulers elsewhere where old civilizations already exist, like the Germanics and Mongols.
 
Agriculture is possible on the coastal regions, but it really looks like they lack the major river systems that ancient civilizations required to become truly great. They could start out as a secondary rising power, and establish trade settlements in the manner of the Greeks and Phoenicians, or conquer their neighbors until they become the regional empire, like Carthage and Rome.

Alternatively, the various raiding tribes could be united by a dominant figure and go on a great migration/conquest and establish themselves as rulers elsewhere where old civilizations already exist, like the Germanics and Mongols.

So a very early Berber civilization developing a maritime culture following the crushing of its tribal neighbours. Very interesting.
 
The ancient Egyptians of the Middle Kingdom (1975 BC to 1640 BC) conducted raids westward along the African coast so that implies there was something to raid at least as early as that.
 
The ancient Egyptians of the Middle Kingdom (1975 BC to 1640 BC) conducted raids westward along the African coast so that implies there was something to raid at least as early as that.


The resources which the Egyptians received from the Libyans were things like wool. Not really something that you could build a civilization out of. However, it could lead to something.
 
I’ll be honest, I wasn’t thinking that far early—more like the Yemeni with the Marib Dam, although that was a sedentary civilization, or maybe more like the Bedouin?
Oh, okay. I would say the Yemenis had a proto-civilization, maybe even a civilization. Won't say the same about the Bedouins though. However, good peoples to look at for inspiration.
 

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Tunisia and the northern Atlas region were quite productive agriculturally. A development of dry soil agriculture or catch basin irrigation with proper crops could have resulted in increased populations in this area. Long distance trading and raiding were present in the Western Mediterranean during Minoan and Old Kingdom periods. Under a little encouragement, Dido may have found a flourishing civilization on her arrival.
 
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