Editing Djerid (section)

==History==
[[file:Tunis1960-037 hg.jpg |thumb|right|Jerid region 1960]]
The Jerid was already inhabited by the [[Numidia]]ns before the arrival of the [[Roman Empire|Romans]] in the 3rd century BC.  Then came the Romans, who erected [[castra|fortification]]s, integrated in the [[Limes (Roman Empire)|limes]] of the southern border of the province of [[Roman North Africa|Proconsular Africa]], whose purpose was to prevent the incursions of the [[nomad]]ic populations of the [[Sahara]].<ref>Puig, Nicolas.  Bédouins sédentarisés et société citadine à Tozeur (Sud-Ouest tunisien) (in French). Paris: Karthala, 2004. p.32.</ref>
 
With the arrival of Christianity, the region hosted two [[bishopric|episcopal sees]], one in [[Thusurus]] ([[Tozeur]]) and one in [[Nepte]] ([[Nefta]]).  After a fleeting passage of the [[Vandals]] in the 5th century AD, the rule of the Byzantines continued until the [[Muslim conquest of the Maghreb|invasion of the Muslim Arab]]s of the [[Umayyad Empire]] in the 7th century, who occupied all of [[Tunisia]] and Arabized and Islamized.<ref>Puig, Nicolas. ''Bédouins sédentarisés et société citadine à Tozeur (Sud-Ouest tunisien)'' (in French). Paris: Karthala, 2004. p.32.</ref> During the [[Middle Ages]], Jerid had remarkable economic progress, mainly due to the strategic position in the caravan routes that connected the [[Mediterranean Basin]] to [[sub-Saharan Africa]]. Until the 11th century, the trade routes and movement of gold were managed by Ibadi Arabs of the Djarid.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Habakkuk |first=H. J. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cHRvtwTLcMAC&dq=djarid+arab&pg=PA466 |title=Cambridge Economic History of Europe: Vol. 2: Trade and Industry in the Middle Ages |date=1987 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-08709-4 |pages=466 |language=en}}</ref> Among the "goods" transported were numerous slaves, who were bought to work in the oases. During the [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] period, the region was the scene of revolts against high taxes and nomadic incursions. The relative decline of the region since that time is due in large part to the loss of the strategic and economic importance of the trans-Saharan trade.

[[Biledulgerid]] was a term used in early European maps for the Maghreb south of the [[Atlas Mountains]].