Editing History of Algeria (section)

=== Christian conquest of Spain ===
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The final triumph of the 700-year [[Reconquista|Christian conquest of Spain]] was marked by the fall of [[Granada]] in 1492. Christian Spain imposed its influence on the Maghrib coast by constructing fortified outposts and collecting tribute. But Spain never sought to extend its North African conquests much beyond a few modest enclaves. Privateering was an age-old practice in the Mediterranean, and North African rulers engaged in it increasingly in the late 16th and early 17th centuries because it was so lucrative. Until the 17th century the [[Barbary pirates]] used galleys, but a [[Dutch people|Dutch]] renegade of the name of [[Zymen Danseker]] taught them the advantage of using sailing ships.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Stolen Village: Baltimore and the Barbary Pirates |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mVmNAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT49 |first = Des |last = Ekin|publisher =The O'Brien Press|year=2012|isbn = 9781847174314}}</ref>

Algeria became the privateering city-state par excellence, and two privateer brothers were instrumental in extending Ottoman influence in Algeria. At about the time Spain was establishing its [[presidio]]s in the Maghrib, the Muslim privateer brothers [[Aruj]] and [[Hayreddin Barbarossa|Khair ad Din]]—the latter known to Europeans as [[Hayreddin Barbarossa|Barbarossa]], or Red Beard—were operating successfully off Tunisia. In 1516 Aruj moved his base of operations to Algiers but was killed in 1518. Khair ad Din succeeded him as military commander of Algiers, and the Ottoman sultan gave him the title of beglerbey (provincial governor).