Uploaded June 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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The Almoravids were a Berber alliance that ended up forming an empire across Northwest Africa for a century.
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Note: Several dates are disputed by historians, including the completion of Marrakesh and the semi-partition of the empire.

Music used:
"Ibn al Noor" by Kevin MacLeod
found at incompetech.com

Sources:
- Abun-Nasr, Jamil M.. A history of the Maghrib in the Islamic period. United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press, 1987.
- Cohen, Robert Z.. Discovering the Empire of Ghana. United States: Rosen Publishing Group, 2013.
- Elryk. “Péninsule ibérique en 1115.” Map. 2020
- Jensen, Kurt Villads. Crusading at the Edges of Europe: Denmark and Portugal C.1000 – C.1250. United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis, 2016.
- Stephens, Frederic George., Mann, J. H.. A History of Gibraltar and Its Sieges. United Kingdom: Provost, 1870.

Partially Referenced Works:
youtube.com/watch?v=QOexUoPc6YU (For the frontiers of Ghana)