The origin of a major subgroup of these people has been dated to the decline of the Garamantes, who used their control of the regional slave trade to build foggara irrigation systems. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name these people who formed the ancient Numidian and Mauretanian kingdoms prior to assimilating through waves of Arab migration.
ANSWER: Berbers [or Amazigh; accept Tuaregs] (The subgroup in the lead-in are the Tuaregs.)
[10e] Local Berber tribes were early rivals of this civilization’s colony of Carthage. The Berbers inherited their Tifinagh script from the Garamantes, who are theorized to have adapted their script from this civilization’s alphabet.
ANSWER: Phoenicia [or Phoenician alphabet]
[10m] Prior to Garamantes’ fall, Herodotus described their raiders capturing troglodytes in this modern-day country. The Aksumite empire later grew out of a city-state in this country.
ANSWER: Ethiopia [or Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia]
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