THE WHOLE HISTORY OF MOROCCO
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Welcome to countries facts so today in this Article I will show you the whole history of morocco strategically located at the entry to the mediterranean sea morocco has hosted various settlers and intruders over the centuries the history began with the phoenicians then the romans and later the visigoths much later the vandals and even the byzantine empire way back in the 7th century the arabs conquered morocco and introduced islamic religion and arab culture which still stand today later in the 15th century portugal attempted to control morocco's atlantic coast as if those were not enough in 1830 france began to show some interest in morocco and in 1912 morocco became a french protectorate under the treaty of faze after world war ii the talk of independence began to trend in morocco a rebellion followed just after france exiled sultan mohammed v and installed mohammed bin arafah muhammad v returned in 1955 and morocco got independence a year after in 1956. the country's major ethnic groups are berbers haratin sarawi anyawa while the two official languages are standard arabic and tamizides a large majority of moroccans are muslims and sunni muslims in particular who belong to the maliki school of islamic jurisprudence some other moroccans practice christianity judaism and the word morocco is derived from the name of the ancient city of marrakesh which used to be the capital under the al-muravi dynasty and the almohad caliphate marrakesh means land of god rabbat the country's capital is one of morocco's four imperial cities and is located on the atlantic coast right at the mouth of the wadibo regreg opposites the city of sally morocco runs a parliamentary constitutional monarchy in which the prime minister is the head of government and of a multi-party system muhammad vi is the king of morocco he belongs to the al-white dynasty and came to the throne in 1999 upon the death of his father king hassan ii the last election in morocco was in 2016 and the main struggle was between the ruling islamist justice and development party pjd and opposition authenticity and modernity party pam the pjd won more votes clinching 125 out of the 395 seeds morocco fought the spanish civil war that lasted from the 17th of july 1936 to the 1st of april 1939. there was also a three-week war between morocco and algeria before the organization of african unity called for a formal ceasefire on the 20th of february 1964. the history of the moroccan army is incomplete without mentioning the bukhari army which was created by mule ismail and comprised of black tribesmen who were devoted to the sultan morocco currently has 12 regions in which its natural resources are distributed the country has zinc manganese phosphate and iron ore among other resources as of 2019 the gross domestic product gdp of morocco was worth 118.73 billion us dollars the moroccan diram is the country's official currency which has been in use since 1882 morocco has strong ties with arab and western states however spain and france are their primary trade partners morocco has numerous great places to visit some of which are tupcall national park jebel tupcal chef chowin and manchness in addition to the fabulous places are also fun events such as the emule wedding festival market popular arts festival marathon day sable face festival of world sacred music and many more morocco is popular for its fascinating musical culture that is enriched with arabic berber saharan and spanish influences what's more the moroccans love and excel in sports hicham el garud's two gold medals won in the 2004 summer olympics in athletics remain memorable in moroccan sport history despite the moroccan's diversity in sports football remains the most celebrated of all in the country the world has witnessed the rise of some great moroccans some of whom are richard virenk a retired french professional road racing cyclist another is the arabic singer shatha hasson who rose to fame as the first woman to win the star academy arab world a popular pan arab television talent show who doesn't just know ariel wizman the morocco born musician dj journalist and actor speak of a great country with a rich history then speak of morocco what have we missed out of this history let's know in the comment section will it be ridiculous to subscribe to our website no please like this Article share and subscribe to our website bye.
