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  2. History of Morocco - Wikipedia

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    In 789 he founded a settlement south east of Volubilis, called Medinat Fas. In 791 Idris I was poisoned and killed by an Abbasid agent. In 791 Idris I was poisoned and killed by an Abbasid agent. Even though he left no male heir, shortly after his death, his wife Lalla Kanza bint Uqba al-Awrabi, bore him his only son and successor, Idris II.

  3. List of modern names for biblical place names - Wikipedia

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    While a number of biblical place names like Jerusalem, Athens, Damascus, Alexandria, Babylon and Rome have been used for centuries, some have changed over the years. Many place names in the Land of Israel, Holy Land and Palestine are Arabised forms of ancient Hebrew and Canaanite place-names used during biblical times [1] [2] [3] or later Aramaic or Greek formations.

  4. Morocco - Wikipedia

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    Morocco, [d] officially the Kingdom of Morocco, [e] is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to the east , and the disputed territory of Western Sahara to the south .

  5. Paul the Apostle - Wikipedia

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    Paul's influence on Christian thinking arguably has been more significant than any other New Testament author. [8] Paul declared that "Christ is the end of the law", [370] exalted the Christian church as the body of Christ, and depicted the world outside the Church as under judgment. [45]

  6. Marrakesh - Wikipedia

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    Because of the importance of tourism to Morocco's economy, King Mohammed VI vowed in 2012 to double the number of tourists, attracting 20 million a year to Morocco by 2020. [92] The city is popular with the French, and many French celebrities have bought property in the city, including fashion moguls Yves St Laurent and Jean-Paul Gaultier. [93]

  7. Portal:Morocco - Wikipedia

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    The Barghawatas (also Barghwata or Berghouata) were a Berber tribal confederation on the Atlantic coast of Morocco, belonging to the Masmuda confederacy. After allying with the Sufri Kharijite rebellion in Morocco against the Umayyad Caliphate, they established an independent state (AD 744-1058) in the area of Tamesna on the Atlantic coast between Safi and Salé under the leadership of Tarif ...

  8. Christianity in the 1st century - Wikipedia

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    According to Acts 11:26, Antioch was where the followers were first called Christians. Peter was later martyred in Rome, the capital of the Roman Empire. The apostles went on to spread the message of the Gospel around the classical world and founded apostolic sees around the early centers of Christianity. The last apostle to die was John in c. 100.

  9. History of the Jews in Morocco - Wikipedia

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    The history of the Jews in Morocco goes back to ancient times.Moroccan Jews constitute an ancient community. Before the founding of the State of Israel in 1948, there were about 265,000 Jews [1] in the country, with a maximum of between 250,000 and 350,000 at its peak in the 1950s, [2] which gave Morocco the largest Jewish community in the Muslim world, but by 2017 only 2,000 or so remained. [3]