Biskra, Algeria

Algeria

Biskra, Algeria carries 62 connections with 3374 other places across 15 topics, with history and military threads carrying the largest share. Its past runs from Roman-era Berber resistance under Tacfarinas through rule by the Hafsid sultanate of Tunisia and the Marinid Sultanate of Fez. In 1891, a French military religious institute called the Frères armés du Sahara was established here. Today Biskra hosts a special forces school training paratroopers and commandos. Tunisia and Egypt are among its most-shared co-connected places.