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Article: Morocco, Tunisia, and Libya: diversity within unity.
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- Focus on Geography
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- December 22, 2006
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Morocco, Tunisia, and Libya (at least western Libya) are all part of the Maghreb, the westernmost part of the Arab world, and share a number of features in common-especially ethnicity, language, and religion. What is striking, however, is the extent to which they differ. This is a consequence partly of their physical geography, involving different topographic features and climates, differing carrying capacities of the land, and the uneven natural resource base. But, it is also a consequence of a number of historical and political factors. The Ottoman Empire encompassed Libya and Tunisia but not Morocco. Colonial backgrounds were different too: Morocco and Tunisia came ...
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