History of Morocco

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Description	Answer
Old-fashioned term for the North Africans who invaded Iberia	Moors
Last Muslim state in western Europe that was controlled by those people	Emirate of Granada
Region that was invaded by Morocco in 1975	Western Sahara
Country that once colonized that region	Spain
Names of the two main stars in the movies "Casablanca"	Ingrid Bergman
Names of the two main stars in the movies "Casablanca"	Humphrey Bogart
Ancient sea-faring civilization that colonized Morocco before 1000 BC	Phoenicia
Empire that annexed the region in 40 CE	Roman Empire
Ancient region of northern Morocco. Namesake of an African nation	Mauretania
Profession of the Barbary Corsairs	Pirate
Capital of Morocco between 1727-1912	Fes
Many sources consider that city's "al-Qarawiyyin" as world's oldest, rather than the one in Bologna	University
Morocco broke away from this caliphate after the Berber Revolt in 740	Umayyad Caliphate
Founder of the Moroccan statehood, hint: first name of a famous Elba	Idris
City that once was an international zone between 1924-1956	Tangier
Moroccan explorer who travelled more than any other explorer in pre-modern history, travelled from Morocco to Zanzibar, and from Constantinople to China	Ibn Battuta
Moroccan empire that controlled much of southern Iberia between 1121–1269	Almohad Caliphate
The name "Morocco" derives from this city, that was the medieval capital of the above	Marrakesh
King of Morocco, 1961-1999	Hassan II
Word starting with M, that refers to the old part of a town in North African countries	Medina

Level 60

Jan 14, 2020

Polisario should be acceptable for Western Saharah, unless we accept the propaganda of the Moroccan state.

Level 74

Jan 27, 2022

Granada was never an emirate. It was a sultanate

Level 73

Jan 27, 2022

Would be nice to accept Phoenecia for Phoenicia.

Level 42

Sep 11, 2022

Western Sahara was taken back from Spain, not invaded. For more information google "The green march"

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