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Almohad Conquests

1121 CE – 1269 CE

The Almohad movement swept out of the Atlas Mountains to conquer North Africa and Al-Andalus, creating the last great Berber empire.

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Almohad Conquests

1121 CE – 1269 CE

The Almohad movement swept out of the Atlas Mountains to conquer North Africa and Al-Andalus, creating the last great Berber empire. They fought both the declining Almoravids and the advancing Christian kingdoms of the Reconquista.

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