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Almoravid

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Noun1.Almoravid - a member of a Muslim dynasty of Berber warriors that flourished from 1049 to 1145 and that established political dominance over northwestern Africa and Spain
Berber - a member of an indigenous people of northern Africa


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This was followed by the Almoravid movement and the great empire of Mansa Musa.
He is so struck by the honor and virtue of Rodrigo that he dubs him al-Sayyid (El Cid, The Lord) and becomes Rodrigo's most loyal and trusted ally against Ben Yusuf and his Almoravid Moors from Africa.
35) Attributes similar to those characterising the popular social layers, under the Almoravid and Almohade rule, see Manuela Marin, 'La vida cotidiana', in El Retroceso Territorial de Al-Andalus --Almoravides y Almohades--siglos XI al XIII, Historia de Espana, ed.
 
 
 
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