Significant1516 – 1574 · 58 years

Ottoman Conquest of North Africa

Name: War Atlas: Named Conflicts and Empire Borders, 3000 BCE – Present
Creator: War Atlas
Keywords: wars, military history, conflicts, empires, historical atlas, casualties

North Africa · Algeria · Tunisia · Libya

Estimated casualties

200Ksingle estimate · no range published

Ottoman forces and Barbary corsairs conquered North African territories from Spain and established Ottoman dominance. The Barbary States became autonomous Ottoman provinces.

Belligerents3

Ottoman Empire
Spain
Barbary States

ON THE MAPOttoman EmpireSpanish Empire (Americas)

Conflict graph

SUB-CONFLICTS · 1

Conquest of Tunis (1574)1574

Sources

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