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Landmark Africa trade

Sijilmasa

757 CE – 1393 CE · 636 years

Saharan gateway city in Morocco, the northern terminus of trans-Saharan gold and salt trade routes connecting West Africa to the Mediterranean

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Who held this ground

Borders from dated snapshots, up to a century apart; precision varies.

Reconstruction

  1. Before it was built (3000 BCE–700 CE)
  2. No border recorded here in this snapshot (800 CE)
  3. Berbers (900 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  4. No border recorded here in this snapshot (1000 CE)
  5. Almoravid dynasty (1100 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  6. Berber Tribes (1200 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  7. Tuareg (1279 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  8. No border recorded here in this snapshot (1300 CE–1500 CE)
  9. Wattasid Morocco (1530 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  10. Morocco (1600 CE–1930 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  11. Morocco (France) (1938 CE) Border precision: Defined
  12. Morocco (1945 CE–2026 CE) Border precision: Defined
Border precision
  • Defined
  • Approximate

Elsewhere in Africa at the time

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Landmark · Africa

Volubilis

300 BCE – 1200 CE

Polity · Africa

Empire of Ghana

100 CE – 1200 CE

Conflict · Africa

Ghana–Almoravid Conflict

1054 CE – 1083 CE

Trade route · Africa

East African Coastal Trade

900 CE – 1505 CE

Landmark · Africa

Great Zimbabwe

1100 CE – still standing

Polity · Africa

Morocco

Founded 789 CE · attested to 2026 CE

Conflict · Africa

Great Zimbabwe & Mutapa Wars

1100 CE – 1629 CE

Trade route · Africa

Indian Ocean Trade

900 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 757 CE and 1393 CE.

789 CE Fez 900 CE Zanzibar 900 CE Mombasa 900 CE Kilwa Kisiwani 900 CE Sofala

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