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Maghreb

Also known as Maghrebi

The Maghreb is the region of north-west Africa comprising present-day Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya. It was the heartland of the Almohad Caliphate, which unified it under one rule in the twelfth century. The Maghreb was linked by trans-Saharan trade to the Mali and Songhai empires of West Africa.

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Almohad CaliphateFoundation, Military, Impact, Decline Almoravid EmpireDecline Seljuk EmpireImpact Songhai EmpireSocioeconomy Hafsid SultanateFoundation, Impact Regency of AlgiersFoundation, Impact, Summary Caliphate of CórdobaSocioeconomy Emirate of GranadaSocioeconomy Hausa kingdomsGovernance ArabicGrammar

Mentioned in 6 state histories

Banu Ifran emirate Hammadid emirate Taifa of Almería Taifa of Algeciras Kingdom of Africa Hafsid emirate of Bejaia

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APA: The Epoch Institute. (2026). Maghreb. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/maghreb
MLA: “Maghreb.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/maghreb. Accessed .
Chicago: The Epoch Institute. “Maghreb.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/maghreb.
Harvard: The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Maghreb’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/maghreb (Accessed: ).

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