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On 30 January 2017, Morocco rejoined the African Union as a member state, 33 years after leaving. [ 219 ] [ 220 ] [ 221 ] The 2018 consumer boycott targeted the market-dominating fuel, bottled water, and dairy brands.
The region constituting Morocco has been inhabited since the Paleolithic era over 300,000 years ago. The Idrisid dynasty was established by Idris I in 788 and Morocco was subsequently ruled by a series of other independent dynasties, reaching its zenith as a regional power in the 11th and 12th centuries, under the Almoravid and Almohad ...
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.
World Heritage Sites; Site Image Location () Year listed UNESCO data Description Medina of Fez: Fès-Meknès: 1981 170; ii, v (cultural) Fez was founded in the 9th century, reached its apogee as the capital of the Marinid Sultanate in the 13th and 14th centuries, and remained the capital of the country until 1912.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Marrakesh, Morocco This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
After 60 years of Maghrawa rule, the elders of Sijilmasa appealed to the Sanhaja Berber confederation, which was just beginning its transformation into the Almoravid dynasty. According to al-Bakri, in 1055, Abdallah ibn Yasin , the spiritual leader of the Almoravid movement, responded by bringing his new army to Sijilmasa and killed the leader ...
Al-Rashid was left in control of the 'Alawi forces and in less than a decade he managed to extend 'Alawi control over almost all of Morocco, reuniting the country under a new sharifian dynasty. [20] [3]: 229 After much campaigning in northern Morocco, Al-Rashid secured the surrender of Fez in June 1666.
[63] [64] At a time when Morocco was strained from six years in the Western Sahara War, a general strike was organized in response to increases in the cost of basic foods. [63] Thousands of young people from the bidonvilles surrounding Casablanca formed mobs and stoned symbols of wealth in the city, including buses, banks, pharmacies, grocery ...