Marrakesh founded by the Almoravids
1062
Yusuf ibn Tashfin laid out his new capital on the Atlantic plain south of the Atlas, a fortified camp that would grow into one of the great cities of western Islam. Marrakesh's red walls of beaten earth, its palm gardens, and its great mosque would give the entire country its name.
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Also in 1062 (3 other events on record)
- Fatimid Cairo Erupts in Civil War · Middle East · War
- End of the Former Nine Years War · East Asia · War
- Virarajendra Chola Defeats Chalukya Forces Repeatedly · South Asia · War
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Era
High Middle Ages (1000–1300), one of 1,306 events from that era on Saeculum.