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Almoravid Empire
The Almoravid Empire was a Berber Muslim empire that arose from a religious reform movement among the Sanhaja of the western Sahara in the eleventh century. Under leaders such as Yusuf ibn Tashfin it conquered Morocco, founded Marrakesh, and intervened in al-Andalus after 1086. It promoted Maliki Islam and controlled trans-Saharan trade, influencing the Ghana Empire, before it was overthrown by the Almohads in 1147.
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). Almoravid Empire. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/almoravid-empire
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