Africa · Dynasty

Almoravid and Almohad Maghrib

c. 1062-1269 CE · North Africa

Amazigh-led Almoravid and Almohad dynasties connected much of the Maghrib with al-Andalus and Saharan routes while sponsoring major cities, mosques and scholarship.

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How the setting appeared

Marrakesh and other centers gained walls, mosques, markets, gardens and administrative compounds linked by roads and caravan routes.

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How people lived

Amazigh, Arab, Jewish, Christian, enslaved and migrant communities experienced changing rule across a large, never uniform territory.

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How people worked

Agriculture, textiles, metalwork, building, manuscript culture, taxation and trans-Saharan-Mediterranean trade supported the states.

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Belief, ritual and worship

Sunni Islamic reform shaped both movements, while policies toward religious and intellectual diversity changed by ruler and place.

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World-atlas stage: Connected medieval worlds
Region: Africa · North Africa
Languages and scripts: Amazigh languages; Arabic; Hebrew; Romance varieties
Important people: Yusuf ibn Tashfin; Ibn Tumart; Abd al-Mu'min
Events and changes: Foundation and expansion of Marrakesh; Almoravid rule in al-Andalus; Almohad conquest and monumental building
Evidence confidence: High for dynastic and architectural chronology; mapped boundaries and community experiences changed repeatedly.

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Historical geography

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Evidence register

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The Art of the Almoravid and Almohad Periods

https://www.metmuseum.org/essays/the-art-of-the-almoravid-and-almohad-periods-ca-1062-1269

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

CIT-UNESCO-GENERAL-HISTORY-AFRICA

General History of Africa

https://www.unesco.org/en/general-history-africa

UNESCO

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