Mauritania (Mauritanie) derives its name from the ancient Berber kingdom of Mauretania, which existed from the 3rd century BCE into the 7th century CE in the modern-day Morocco and West Algeria.
France laid claim to the territories of present-day Mauritania from the Senegal River area and northwards, starting in the late 19th century. In 1901, through a combination of strategic alliances with Zawaya tribes, and military pressure on the Hassane warrior nomads, he managed to extend French rule over the Mauritanian emirates. Mauritania was part of French West Africa (Afrique-Occidentale Française) from 1920, as a protectorate and, then, a colony.
Mauritania became the independent nation of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania in November 1960.
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