No reconquista if the islamic groups were united 100%. Problem is they were united when it came to plundering. When they were not plundering then the infighting started. You must remember that the invading armies in Iberia were made up of many Islamic groups supposedly under one flag. So it was Syrians against Berbers against Egyptian and so on. Thats why the constant raids against the French. It helped stop the infighting. Thats why centuries later so many States in Islamic Spain.
They say the invasion of Iberia in 711 was just suppose to be a raid not an invasion to conquer Iberia. Seeing no real resistance they decided to stay and expand into Iberia.
Concerning Morocco it was mostly desert. But the Almoravids did get all the way to the City of Audaghost which today would be in Mauritania.
The Southern extent of the Almoravids:
I do know when Audagost was finally conquered the Kings of Takrur in the State of Takrur had a hand in helping.
Other sources say they were helping the Takrur islamic kings.
Takrur was conquered in the 1280's by Mali's Emperor Sabakoura.
Map of Ghana Empire from 790–1240:
Map of Takrur:
They say the invasion of Iberia in 711 was just suppose to be a raid not an invasion to conquer Iberia. Seeing no real resistance they decided to stay and expand into Iberia.
Concerning Morocco it was mostly desert. But the Almoravids did get all the way to the City of Audaghost which today would be in Mauritania.
(9th–11th century), former Berber town in the southwest Sahara, northwest of Timbuktu. Audaghost was an important terminus of the medieval trans-Saharan trade route. The town was primarily a centre where North African traders could buy gold from the kings of ancient Ghana. Audaghost was first an independent market town and later a tributary satellite of the Empire Ghana. It was captured from Ghana about 1054–55 by the Ṣanhajah wing of the Muslim Almoravid movement and thereafter declined in importance. Its location is not certain, but it probably occupied the site of what is now Tegdaoust, Mauritania.
More info.. This abandoned City must be an archealogist dream since many of the ruins have still not been studied.1054 Almoravid Berbers seize Audaghost for the second time and virtually destroy it, substantially redirecting the geopolitics of the area.,
Ancient Cities location:Aoudaghost, located out in the sand seas, used to be an important caravan hub, with caravans between Sijilmassa of Morocco and Kumbi Salah. The main products were salt and gold The trade between sub-Sahara and Mediterranean Africa was well organized as early as 500 BCE, when horses and bullocks were the normal caravan animals.
The camel was domesticated in the 3rd century CE, resulting in easier transportation. Aoudaghost flourished. The city long withstood conversion into Islam, but in the 12th century it passed into the hands of Muslim rulers, forcing the local Berbers to leave.
Aoudaghost was abandoned in the late 17th century, and today nobody lives here — the hotter climate and reduced water supplies has made that impossible.
Most of the ruins are yet to be excavated. The medieval city from the 9th until 16th centuries can be seen near the well of Togba. Further north, there is a necropolis, but we do still not know who built this. To the southeast, at al-Abiad, cave paintings can be found
The Southern extent of the Almoravids:
I do know when Audagost was finally conquered the Kings of Takrur in the State of Takrur had a hand in helping.
Takrur(c. 800 - c. 1285) was an ancient state of West Africa, which flourished roughly parallel to the Ghana Empire.
Which shows they were most probably only interested in raiding. Once the city was conquered and destroy they left.Unlike Ghana to its east, the kings of Takrur eventually adopted Islam. Sometime in the 1030s during the reign of King War Jabi, the court converted to Islam, the first regent to officially pronounce Orthodoxy in the Sahel, establishing the faith in the region for centuries to come. This adoption of Islam greatly benefited the state economically and would also affect them in the coming conflicts between the traditionalist state of Ghana and its northern neighbors.
The king of Takrur sided with the Berber and Tuareg tribes of the Almoravids in their war with the Ghana Empire. When the Ghana Empire was finally conquered in 1076, Takrur was left as the sole power in the region. Integration of Takrur with the Almoravids meant that some of these troops reached all the way to Andalusia (Spain) with the Almoravid expansion.
Takrur would not enjoy its place in the sun very long, however. The Almoravids were quick to leave and many anti-Muslim tribes were eager to take its place.
Other sources say they were helping the Takrur islamic kings.
Takrur was conquered in the 1280's by Mali's Emperor Sabakoura.
Map of Ghana Empire from 790–1240:
Map of Takrur:
Last edited: