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Almoravid Movement

Type Object Region North Africa Time c. 1040–1147

The Almoravid movement was an Islamic reform military organization founded by Abdullah ibn Yasin among the Sanhaja Berber tribes of the Western Sahar…

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  1. c. 1040–1054Dar al-Ribat · MauritaniaAbdullah ibn Yasin carried out strict Islamic reform among the Sanhaja tribes, establishing ribat-style religious warrior communities and using force to unify the divided Berber tribes and expand into North Africa.
  2. 1071–1080Marrakech · MoroccoAfter founding Marrakech as his capital in 1070, Yusuf ibn Tashfin completed the unification of Morocco and Algeria between 1071 and 1080, controlling the northern section of the trans-Saharan trade routes; in 1076 an expedition captured Kumbi Saleh, capital of the Ghana Empire, bringing the movement to its height.
  3. 1086–1110Al-Andalus · Al-AndalusAnswering calls for aid from the taifa kingdoms of Al-Andalus, Almoravid forces crossed the sea and defeated the Christian coalition at Sagrajas, then gradually annexed taifa kingdoms such as Seville, extending Sunni reformist power to the southern Iberian Peninsula.

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