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Almoravid
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
Almoravid Berber Muslim dynasty (1054–1145) in Morocco and Spain. They rose to power...brother Yusuf ibn Tashufin defeated Alfonso VI of Castile in 1086. Almoravid rule was ended by the rise of the Almohads .
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Marrakech
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa
...x2013; 1106), first ruler of the Almoravid dynasty (1055 – 1157), under...remains of the architecture of the Almoravid period. Conquered by the Almohads...Hawz plain was revived. The Alawi dynasty (1603-present) has continued...
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Senegal
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
...the 10th and 14th centuries, the Tukolor state of Tekrur dominated the Sénégal valley. The Almoravid dynasty of Zenega Berbers introduced Islam, and it is from the Zenega that Senegal got its name. In the 14th century...
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Mauritania
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
...x2013;1200), and towns grew up along the trans-Saharan caravan routes. Mauritania was the cradle of the Almoravid dynasty, which spread Islam among the Saharan tribes. In the 14th and 15th century, the region formed part of the ancient...
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Fez, Morocco
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa
...from Kairouan (Tunisia) settled the left bank around 825. The two rival sides of the city were united under the Almoravid dynasty, which, however, made Marrakech its capital. When the Marinids (c. 1258 – 1465) took power, Fez...
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Granada
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...honeycombed with Gypsy caves. Granada was originally a Moorish fortress and rose to prominence during the Almoravid and Almohad dynasties. In 1238 it became the seat of the kingdom of Granada, last refuge of the Moors whom the Christian reconquest...
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Western Sahara
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa
...dissidence, as opposed to bilad al-makhzan, the areas of central, sultanic authority. (Ironically, the Almoravid Empire, the first dynasty to unite Morocco during the eleventh century, originated in Western Sahara and Mauritania.) Political...
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Qarawiyyin, al-
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa
...tenth century and later under the respective rules of the Almoravid, Almohad, Marinid, Sa ʿ di, and Alawiite dynasties. Its architecture expresses the Arab-Hispanic art that...regions of Morocco and from the Arab world. Under the Alawite dynasty, the Qarawiyyin was subject to a series of reforms ...
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Abd al-Mumin
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...the founder of the Almohad dynasty in North Africa and Spain...target for conquest was the Almoravid state in Morocco, against...siege operations against the Almoravid center, culminated in the...his son, thus establishing a dynasty based on heredity rather than...
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Moors
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...732). In 756, Abd ar-Rahman I established the Umayyad dynasty at Córdoba. This emirate became under Abd ar...throughout the whole period closely connected in rule with Morocco. Almoravid control slowly declined and by 1174 was supplanted by the Almohads...
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