The weakened empire fell to invaders from Morocco at the Battle of Tondibi just 3 years later.

Under Abderrahmane ( 1822 – 1859 ) Morocco fell under the influence of the European powers.

In addition, a number of countries ( all members of the Arab League ) that at one time had formal economic ties ( primarily trade offices ) with Israel that fell short of full diplomatic relations, have severed such ties ( Bahrain, Morocco, Oman, Qatar and Tunisia ).

In 1971, Fassbinder fell in love with El Hedi ben Salem ( c1935-82 ), a Berber from Morocco.

During the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the Arab countries fell under European domination in rapid succession: Algeria in 1830, Tunisia in 1881, Egypt in 1882, the Sudan in 1898, Morocco in 1907-12, Libya in 1911, Iraq, Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria in 1918.

Under Abderrahmane ( 1822 – 1859 ) Morocco fell under the influence of the European powers.

But Western Sahara and scattered minor parts of Morocco fell to Spain, and were named Spanish Sahara ( subdivided into Río de Oro and Saguia el-Hamra ) and Spanish Morocco respectively.

The sultan gave his adherence to the Act of the Algeciras Conference, but the state of anarchy into which Morocco fell during the latter half of 1906 and the beginning of 1907 showed that the young ruler lacked strength sufficient to make his will respected by his turbulent subjects.

Shortly thereafter, unusually heavy rain fell for two days over a large area that extended from Dakar, Senegal to the Atlas Mountains in Morocco.

The Hammadid Empire fell in 1152, when the Almohad ruler, Abd al-Mu ' min, invaded central Maghreb from Morocco.

Ziri ibn Manad fell in battle against rebellious Berber tribes in Morocco.

Spanish Morocco fell to the rebels without significant opposition.

Jansch left her behind to travel to Morocco in 1963, and, according to Williamson, " she fell into arms ".

* 1975 – A privately chartered Boeing 707 crashes into the mountainside near Agadir, Morocco, killing 188.

The Berber peoples of the Maghreb in the early Middle Ages could be roughly classified into three major groups-the Zenata across the north, the Masmuda concentrated in central Morocco and the Sanhaja, clustered in two areas-the western part of the Sahara and the hills of the eastern Maghreb.

Yusuf ibn Tashfin had in the meantime brought what is now known as Morocco, Western Sahara and Mauretania into complete subjection.

In Morocco, dirhams are divided into 100 centimes and one may find prices in the country quoted in centimes rather than in dirhams.

Subsequently, fibre links into the FLAG cable system ( which had a landing point in Estepona, about 50 km from Gibraltar ) were established and along with microwave links to Morocco giving Gibraltar a resilient communications infrastructure.

This was capitalized upon by King Hassan II of Morocco, who ordered the ' Green March ' into Western Sahara, Spain's last colonial possession.

Ibn Battuta was born into a Berber family of Islamic legal scholars in Tangier, Morocco, on 25 February 1304, during the reign of the Marinid dynasty.

In 1912, after the First Moroccan Crisis and the Agadir Crisis, the Treaty of Fez was signed, effectively dividing Morocco into a French and Spanish protectorate.

The Capsian culture brought Morocco into the Neolithic about 2001 BC, at a time when the Maghreb was less arid than it is today.

Morocco slipped out of the leash, and fragmented into a small collection of independent Berber statelets under their own rulers and laws.

But facing their own difficulties, the Zirids were unable to prevent Morocco from spinning out of their control and crumbling into the hands of a collection of local Zenata Berber chieftains, most of them clients of the Caliph of Cordoba, such as the Maghrawa in the region of Fez and their on-again, off-again rivals, the Banu Ifran, just east of them.

The sultan agreed to institute reforms that would transform Morocco into a constitutional monarchy with a democratic form of government.

Morocco eventually sent a large portion of its combat forces into Western Sahara to confront the Polisario ’ s forces, which were relatively small but well-equipped, highly mobile, and resourceful, using Algerian bases for quick strikes against targets deep inside Morocco and Mauritania as well as for operations in Western Sahara.

In 1988, Morocco and the Polisario Front finally agreed on a United Nations ( UN ) peace plan, and a cease-fire and settlement plan went into effect in 1991.

On June 17, 2011 King Mohamed VI announced a series of reforms that would transform Morocco into a constitutional monarchy.

Among the various free trade agreements that Morocco has ratified with its principal economic partners, are The Euro-Mediterranean free trade area agreement with the European Union with the objective of integrating the European Free Trade Association at the horizons of 2012 ; the Agadir Agreement, signed with Egypt, Jordan, and Tunisia, within the framework of the installation of the Greater Arab Free Trade Area ; the US-Morocco Free Trade Agreement with United States which came into force on 1 January 2006, and lately the agreement of free exchange with Turkey.

Through the agreement with Mauritania, Morocco sought to tighten its control over the Western Sahara by denying the Polisario one more avenue for infiltrating guerrillas into the disputed territory.

Moroccan troops took control of the region vacated by Mauritania and later proclaimed the territory reintegrated into Morocco.

Implementation of the settlement plan, which calls for a popular referendum among the Sahrawi natives of the territory to determine its final status ( integration into Morocco or independence ), has been repeatedly postponed because of differences between the parties.

As word spread in Saharan countries about the growing profitability of the meteorite trade, meteorite markets came into existence, especially in Morocco, fed by nomads and local people who combed the deserts looking for specimens to sell.

The Marrakech Agreement, manifested by the Marrakech Declaration, was an agreement signed in Marrakech, Morocco, on 15th April 1994, establishing the World Trade Organization, which officially came into being on January 1, 1995.

* 1975 – Green March begins: 300, 000 unarmed Moroccans converge on the southern city of Tarfaya and wait for a signal from King Hassan II of Morocco to cross into Western Sahara.

* 1956 – The Tangier Protocol is signed: The international city Tangier is reintegrated into Morocco.

In 1910, anarchy spread through Morocco, as the new Sultan grew ever weaker under European pressures.

Unruly Arab Bedouin tribes increasingly spread anarchy in Morocco, which accelerated the decline of the empire.

* 1399: Benefitting from the anarchy within the Marinid kingdom, king Henry III of Castile arrives in Morocco, seizes Tetouan, massacres half of the population and reduces the rest to slavery.

During his reign, Spain lost its last colonies in the Americas ( Cuba and Puerto Rico ) and the Philippines ; fought and, after several setbacks, won a war in Morocco ; witnessed the start of the Spanish Generation of 1927, and endured the dictatorship of Miguel Primo de Rivera.

At the battle of Rio Salado he successfully fought against a Marinid invasion from Morocco in 1340, and at the taking of Algeciras in 1344 he led the armed levy of his archbishopric.

Malagasy troops fought in France, Morocco, and Syria during World War II.

During World War II, Malagasy troops fought in France, Morocco, and Syria.

Algeria has fought only one brief war after independence ( the Sand War, a border conflict with Morocco in 1963 ), but the country is also, like most Arab nations, formally at war with the Israel since 1948.

This led to the 1963 Sand war, fought along the Moroccan-Algerian border in the Tindouf region, and also involving Béchar Province and Tlemcen Province, after Morocco claimed the area as its own following Algerian independence.

The Battle of Ksar El Kebir, also known as Battle of Three Kings, or " Battle of Oued El Makhazeen " in Morocco, and Battle of Alcácer Quibir in Portugal ( variant spellings are legion: Alcácer-Quivir, Alcazarquivir, Alcassar, meaning grand castle in Arabic ), was fought in northern Morocco, near the town of Ksar-el-Kebir and Larache, on 4 August 1578.

Tirailleurs from Algeria, Morocco and West Africa fought in Indochina, as part of the French Expeditionary Force, until the Fall of Dien Bien Phu ( 1954 ).

During World War II, Zinovy Peshkov fought the Nazi German forces in Morocco and in Syria.

The Battle of Annual was a battle fought in Spanish Morocco between the Spanish Army of Africa and the Berber combatants of the Rif region.

He then fought in conflicts in different parts of Morocco and in 1492 participated in the Christian conquest of Granada on the side of the Castilians.

The Legion fought in Morocco in the War of the Rif ( to 1926 ).

During the 10th century some Zenata from Ifriqiya were predominantly allied with the Caliphate of Cordoba, which fought for control of a part of current Morocco with the Fatimids.

Mohamed Mustafa Ma al -' Aynayn ( c. 1830 – 31 in Oualata, present-day Mauritania – 1910 in Tiznit, Morocco ; complete name Mohamad Mustafa ben Mohamad Fadel Maa al -' Aynayn ash-Shanguiti ) was a religious and political leader who fought French and Spanish colonization in North Africa.

In 1859, Spain fought a short war with Morocco, resulting in a stronger Spanish position in North Africa.

Although the Fāṭimids were primarily concerned with Egypt and the Near East, there were nevertheless campaigns fought by General Jawhar as-Siqilli against the Berbers of Morocco and the Umayyads of Spain.

Bologhine advanced towards the Atlantic during a campaign in Morocco, where he also fought against the Bargawata.

He gained the trust of the Sultan of Morocco and his successor Moulay Abdelaziz through his service and fought against opposing tribes throughout Morocco.

Nominally, they were under the control of the Sultan of Morocco, but in practice they formed an extension of the French Army and subsequently fought for France in third countries ( see below ).