Libya is a country in Africa.
North Africa is the term given to a group of Mediterranean countries situated in the northern-most region of the African continent .. Mediterranean. Mediterranean. African continent. Africa. The term `` North Africa '' has no single accepted definition .. It is sometimes defined as stretching from the Atlantic shores of Morocco in the west , to the Suez Canal and the Red Sea in the east .. Morocco. Morocco. Suez Canal. Suez Canal. Red Sea. Red Sea. Others have limited it to the countries of Morocco , Algeria , and Tunisia , a region known by the French during colonial times as `` Afrique du Nord '' and by the Arabs as the Maghreb -LRB- `` West '' -RRB- .. Morocco. Morocco. Algeria. Algeria. Tunisia. Tunisia. Maghreb. Maghreb. The most commonly accepted definition includes Morocco , Algeria , and Tunisia , as well as Libya and Egypt , It should be noted however that the term `` North Africa '' , when commonly used in North Africa and the Middle East , often refers only to the countries of the Maghreb and Libya .. Morocco. Morocco. Algeria. Algeria. Tunisia. Tunisia. Maghreb. Maghreb. Libya. Libya. Egypt. Egypt. Egypt , due to its greater Middle Eastern associations , is typically viewed separately .. Egypt. Egypt. Middle Eastern. Middle Eastern. The countries of North Africa share a common ethnic , cultural and linguistic identity that is unique to this region .. North west Africa has been inhabited by Berbers since the beginning of recorded history , while the eastern part of North Africa has been home to the Egyptians .. Berbers. Berbers. Egyptians. Egyptians. Following the Muslim conquest in the seventh century C.E. , the region underwent a process of Arabization and Islamization that has defined its cultural landscape ever since .. Muslim conquest. Muslim conquest of the Maghreb. The distinction between North Africa and much of Sub-Saharan Africa is historically and ecologically significant because of the effective barrier created by the Sahara Desert for much of modern history .. Sub-Saharan Africa. Sub-Saharan Africa. Sahara Desert. Sahara. From 3500 BC , following the abrupt desertification of the Sahara due to gradual changes in the Earth 's orbit , this barrier has culturally separated the North from the rest of the continent .. As the seafaring civilizations of the Phoenicians , Greeks , Romans , Muslims and others facilitated communication and migration across the Mediterranean Sea , the cultures of North Africa became much more closely tied to Southwestern Asia and Europe than Sub-Saharan Africa .. Mediterranean. Mediterranean. Sub-Saharan Africa. Sub-Saharan Africa. Greeks. Macedonia ( ancient kingdom )#Empire. Romans. Roman Empire. Mediterranean Sea. Mediterranean Sea. The Islamic influence in the area is also significant , and North Africa is a major part of the Muslim world .. Muslim world. Muslim world. Some researchers have postulated that North Africa rather than East Africa served as the exit point for the modern humans who first trekked out of the continent in the Out of Africa migration .. East Africa. East Africa. Out of Africa. recent African origin of modern humans