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The Barbary Coast was a European term to describe land inhabited by the Berber peoples. The area was the coastal and inland regions throughout North Africa what is now known as Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya. The term was used between the 16th and the 19th Centuries. The Barbary pirates and slave traders attacked ships and coastal settlements in the Mediterranean and the North Atlantic. In 1805 the Battle of Derne put an end to these unlawful acts

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Where did the barbary war take place?

There were two Barbary wars. The first one lasted from 1801 to 1805 and the second one took place in 1815. Both were fought on the Barbary Coast.


Where were the Barbary pirates located at?

Off the Barbary Coast ( the middle and western coastal regions of North Africa. )


The Barbary Coast of Africa is along which body of water?

The answer to your question is the Mediterranean Sea.


Barbary coast pirates?

"Barbary Coast Pirates" are paramilitary Tunisian. Algerian and Moroccan sailors. under general protection of the Ottoman Empire, the term itself is an intentionally degrading name given to those poor brave souls..obviously by Westerners. Western history exploits the tales about the "barbaric pirates" who appeared to attack merchant ships and sometimes even the escorting nayvies of these countries. While it is true that native Barbary Coast sailors attacked Western ships, the real question to ask here is why they did that ! BARBARY COAST SAILORS WERE MERELY TRYİNG TO CREATE A BLOCKADE TO STOP THE LUCRATIVE SLAVE RUNNİNG ROUTES OF WESTERN NATİONS (What else do you think Westerners could have been after, around Barbary Coast, at the time).


What had caused American war with Tripoli?

Thomas Jefferson sent the Marines to Tripoli because Pirates were attacking U.S. shipping along the northern coast of Africa. The independent Ottoman states of Morocco, Tunis, and Algiers, known collectively as the Barbary Coast, were the home to the Barbary Pirates. The first Barbary War was from 1801-1805.