History of Algiers

Collection title

Collection EPTV

ID

EPT00371

Source

EPTV (DZ)

First broadcast date

11/20/1976

Production year

1976

Abstract

Around the fourth century B.C, the Phoenicians established a trading post on the Bay of Algiers, called " Ikosim " ( seagulls island), which later became " Icosium ", under the Roman empire. The city remained Roman until the arrival of the Vandals, in the mid- fifth century. It was then ruled by the Byzantines, until the were kiched out by the Berbers. The true destiny of Algiers will start to be accomplished in the tenth century, when the Emir Bologhine Ibn Ziri decided to make it his capital and named it " El Djazair", in reference to the group of islets in the bay. From then on, Algiers has played a commercial role in the Mediterranean.

Type

video

Production companies

• EPTV - Own production

Broadcaster

EPTV - 1st national channel

Audiovisual form

Documentary

Primary theme

Historical heritages

Credits / Cast

• Ameur Athmane - Journalist

Period of events

• From 1000 to 1500

Map locations

• Algeria - Centre - Algiers

Original language

Arabic

Media running time

28m23

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