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The recorded history of Morocco begins with the Phoenician colonization of the Moroccan coast between the 8th and 6th centuries BCE, [3] although the area was inhabited by indigenous Berbers for some two thousand years before that.
Kingdom of Maghreb (Morocco) , Kingdom of Morocco or Kingdom of Marrakech; Kingdom of Fez (Fez) Imamate of the Souss (Souss) Oasis of Figuig (Figuig) 1600 AD. Kingdom of Morocco (Morocco) , Al-Maghrib al Aqşá, Al-Mamlaka al-Maghribiyya, The Farthest West 'Morocco' or Kingdom of Marrakech (in blue) Kingdom of Fez (Fez) . Depends on Morocco
The Alawi Sultanate, [4] [a] officially known as the Sharifian Sultanate (Arabic: السلطنة الشريفة) and as the Sultanate of Morocco, was the state ruled by the 'Alawi dynasty over what is now Morocco, from their rise to power in the 1660s to the 1912 Treaty of Fes that marked the start of the French protectorate.
The French protectorate in Morocco, [4] also known as French Morocco, was the period of French colonial rule in Morocco that lasted from 1912 to 1956. [5] The protectorate was officially established 30 March 1912, when Sultan Abd al-Hafid signed the Treaty of Fez, though the French military occupation of Morocco had begun with the invasion of Oujda and the bombardment of Casablanca in 1907.
This is a list of rulers of Morocco since 789. The common and formal titles of these rulers has varied, depending on the time period. Since 1957, the designation King has been used.
English Tangier was the period in Moroccan history in which the city of Tangier was occupied by England as part of its colonial empire from 1661 to 1684. Tangier had been under Portuguese control before Charles II of England acquired the city as part of the dowry when he married the Portuguese infanta Catherine.
The city has experienced a population increase since 1907; part of its growth was a result of European immigration and French colonial policies. [23] As the capital of French-administered Morocco , the city attracted European professionals, merchants and settlers to settle in Casablanca. [ 23 ]
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 .