This essay provides a brief history of Algeria from pre-history through the Numidian and Roman eras, the Vandal invasions, the Arab conquest, the rise of the Kharidjite movement, Fatimid, Zirid and Hammadid rule, the Hilalian invasion, Almoravid and Almohad rule, the 13th-14th centuries, and finally Ottoman rule.
Benouis, Farida. "Introduction Historique." Un architecture de Lumière. Les arts de l'Islam en Algérie. (version provisoire et incomplète). L’Art Islamique en Méditerranée. Vienna: Museum Ohne Grenzen/Museum With No Frontiers (MWNF), 2017. pp. 35-51.