Timeline / 1000 to 1500 / MOROCCO
Date Country | Description
1038 A.D. Morocco
Abu Imran al-Fassi, originally from Fez and celebrated faqih from Ifriqya (Tunisia), where he settled to teach, dies in Kairouan.
1054 A.D. Morocco
The Almoravid Sanhaja set out the conquer the Maghreb under the leadership of ‘Abdallah ibn Yassine.
1055 A.D. Morocco
The Almoravids take the town of Sijilmassa.
1062 A.D. Morocco
The Almoravids found the town of Marrakesh, heralding the start of a new era in Maghreb and al-Andalus.
1069 A.D. Morocco
The Almoravids enter Fez and take control of the Maghreb.
1086 A.D. Morocco
The Almoravid amir Yusuf ibn Tashufin wins the Battle of Zallaca near to Badajoz and mints a gold coin, known as the maravedis in the Christian West.
1094 A.D. Morocco
Yusuf ibn Tashufin annexes Andalusia to the Almoravid empire.
1100 A.D. Morocco
The geographer al-Sharif al-Idrissi is born in Sebta. Half a century later he writes a geography book entitled Kitab nuzhat al-Mouchtaq at the request of the Norman King Roger II.
1123 A.D. Morocco
Al-Mahdi ibn Tumart takes action against the Almoravids to aid the Hargha, Tinmel, Hintata tribes, etc.
1147 A.D. Morocco
‘Abd al-Mu’min, who succeeds Al-Mahdi ibn Tumart, makes a ceremonious entrance in Marrakesh, announcing the triumph of the Almohad movement.
1148 - 1149 A.D. Morocco Date Country | Description
‘Abd al- Mu’min rebuilds the mosque of Tinmel, birthplace of the Almohad dynasty and the prototype of its mosques.
1152 A.D. Morocco
The Almohads take Algiers and Constantine, overcoming the last heir of the Bani Hammad, Yahia ibn ‘Abd al-Aziz (515–47/1121–52) and unifying Morocco and the Central Maghreb.
1158 A.D. Morocco
‘Abd al-Mu’min starts the construction of the Great Mosque of the Koutoubiya in Marrakesh.
1159 A.D. Morocco
‘Abd al-Mu’min conquers Ifriqiya and unifies the three countries of the Maghreb (Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia).
1193 A.D. Morocco
Amir Ya‘qub al-Mansur win the Battle of Alarcos against the Spanish.
1196 - 1197 A.D. Morocco
Ya‘qub al-Mansur founds the town of Rabat (Ribat al-Fath – the field of victory).
1212 A.D. Morocco
The Almohads lose the Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa in Andalusia.
1269 A.D. Morocco
The Marinids enter Marrakesh, ousting the Almohads.
1276 A.D. Morocco
The Marinid Sultan Abu Yusuf takes Algeciras, Tarifa and Ronda and founds the town of Fez al-Jdid, al-Madina al-Bayda, in Fez.
1277 A.D. Morocco
Sultan Abu Yusuf orders the construction of a new town at Algeciras.
1304 A.D. Morocco
The great geographer Ibn Battuta, born in Tangiers, begins a 25-year journey that would take him to China in Asia and Timbuktu in Africa.
1349 A.D. Morocco
Sultan Abu Inan founds the library of the Qarawiyin Mosque in Fez. Date Country | Description
1350 A.D. Morocco
Abu Inan builds the Buinaniya madrasa in Fez, where Marinid decorative arts find their full aesthetic expression.
1380 A.D. Morocco
Ibn Marzuq, celebrated historian of the Marinid Sultan Abu al-Hassan, dies in Fez.
1415 A.D. Morocco
The Portuguese take the town of Sebta.
1458 A.D. Morocco
The Portuguese take the town of Qsar al-Saghir.
1489 A.D. Morocco
A Portuguese column infiltrates Moroccan lands and begin work on the Graciosa fortress on the Loukkos River.
1497 A.D. Morocco
The Duke of Medina-Sidonia takes the town of Melilla.