Libyan Berber People Threatened Identity

Imazighen

Berbers: contemporary settlements

Berbers – migration 1th leg Pharahos influence 5.000 b.p.

Egypt Cyrenaica

Berbers –migration 2nd leg Greek influence 2.500 b.p.

Cyrenaica

Tunisia

Berbers – migration 3d leg Roman Empire influence 2.300 b.p.

Morocco Tunisia

Berbers – migration 4th leg Islamic Influence 1.400 b.p.

Spanish Sahara

Morocco

Berbers – migration 5° leg Maroquine Influence 150 b.p.

Algeria Spanish Sahara

Berbers - Imazighen Historical sources:

Tamazight dialects distribution

Berbers - Imazighen Historical sources: Tifinagh – Tifinagh?

Berbers - Imazighen Historical sources:

Tifinagh – Tifinagh? NO! No written documents left, No papyrus nor paperbooks left

Berbers - Imazighen Historical sources: DNA markers ?

Ditribution differences in Mediterranean Polulations Genetic correlation WEST 41% NORTH 33% SOUTH 11%

Harich N., Esteban E., Chakik C. et al. Classical polymorphism in Berbers from Moyen Atlas (Morocco): genetics, geography, and historical evidence in the Mediterranean peoples. Ann. Hum. Biol. 2002, 29: 473-87.

Berbers Civilization!Historical sources:

Vernacular Architecture: possible candidate

present

5.000 B.P. P.