Almoravid movement gains momentum in the western Sahara
1049
Abdullah ibn Yasin's desert warriors, drilling at their ribat on the Senegal River, had grown from a handful of zealots into a formidable army of Sanhaja Berbers bound by strict Maliki discipline. They captured the oasis of Sijilmasa on the northern edge of the Sahara, seizing control of the trans-Saharan gold trade's most crucial waystation.
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Also in 1049 (3 other events on record)
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High Middle Ages (1000–1300), one of 1,306 events from that era on Saeculum.
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