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Almohad Conquests

1121 CE – 1269 CE · 148 years

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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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • Almohad Caliphate
  • Almoravids, Christian kingdoms

Key moments

Defining events in the Almohad Conquests.

  1. 1147 Fall of Marrakesh
  2. 1195 Battle of Alarcos
  3. 1212 Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa

Elsewhere in Africa at the time

Records whose own span overlaps this one, found by the same test the canvas draws with. The bar under each card is where it sits inside this one.

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Empire of Ghana

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Trade route · Africa

East African Coastal Trade

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Landmark · Africa

Great Mosque of Djenné

1240 CE – still standing

Polity · Africa

Fatimid Caliphate

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Conflict · Africa

Mali Empire Conquests

1235 CE – 1340 CE

Landmark · Africa

Thulamela

1250 CE – 1700 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1121 CE and 1269 CE.

1180 CE Benin City 1235 CE Mali Empire Conquests 1235 CE Wars of the Mali Empire 1240 CE Great Mosque of Djenné 1250 CE Thulamela

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

Rock-Hewn Churches of Lalibela Landmark · Middle East 1181 CE – still standing Russia Polity · East Asia Founded 1263 CE · attested to 2026 CE Hanseatic League Trade route · Europe 1200 CE – 1669 CE Byzantine–Arab Wars Conflict · Europe 629 CE – 1180 CE Hildegard of Bingen Figure · Rhineland 1098 CE – 1179 CE Chartres Cathedral Landmark · Europe 1194 CE – still standing
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