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1106-the Almoravid conquered Morocco Included Algiers, or present day Algeria Algeria was the capital of Ottoman Empire’s Algiers
France began colonizing Algeria in 1830 by military force French isolated Muslim population in rural areas Kept them apart from France’s modern economy and infrastructure
1830-France occupied and controlled Algerian ports 1848-France controlled all of Northern Algeria Split into 3 “civil territories” (Algiers, Oran, and Constantine) 1870-Napoleon III gave citizenship to Jewish natives, angering the Muslim population
Mersault’s indifference French sentiment in Algeria Unknown figure of a dead body Political stranger of Muslims in colonial Algeria Mersault kills an Arab France used military force to suppress native Algerians
Mersault used a gun against a knife Algerian military resistance was no match for the French military Emphasized on the dead French mother instead of the Arab who was shot 5 times Discrimination in colonial Algeria