Morocco

Morocco is a North African Islamic country, founded in 877. It has a population of 37 million people. It is governed by the Jesuits. Its most populous city is Casablanca, its capital is Rabat. It was ruled by the Ottoman Empire.

It is a member of the United Nations. It is the 60th largest economy of the world. Its flag contains a pentagram.

History of Morocco

190.000 bc Paleolithic Age.

900 bc the Carthaginian Empire with Carthago as capital.

44 Mauretania as province of the Roman Empire.

600 rise of Islam.

661 Umayyad Caliphate.

788 Idris I founds Moroccon state (Idrisid dynasty).

927 Fatimid dynasty.

1000 Seljuk Empire with double headed eagle symbol.

1180 Almohad Caliphate with Marrakesh as capital.

1520 Suleiman the Magnificent as Sultan of the Ottoman Empire.

1632 rise of Alawi dynasty. European muslims are expelled from Spain and Portugal.

1884 Spain conquers Morocco.

1909 Mehmet V as last sultan of the Ottoman Empire.

1921 Berber uprising led by Abd el-Krim against French and Spanish colonists with guerilla warfare.

1951 Beatnik pedophile William Burroughs moves to Tangier (scene of Brion Gysin, Mohamed Hamri, Paul Bowles).

1955 Mohammed V.

1956 independance of Morocco.

1957 Allen Ginsberg, Peter Orlovsky, Jack Kerouac and Gregory Corso visit Burroughs.

1961 Hassan II, start of the Years of Lead.

Moroccan diaspora to France (1 million), Spain (700.000), Netherlands (360.000), Belgium (300.000),..

1998 socialist Abderrahmane Youssoufi.

1999 Mohammed VI.

2003 Casablanca bombings of Moroccan Islamic Combatant Group (US funded Mujahideen).

2010 Sanaa Hamri (daughter of Mohamed Hamri) directs Just Wright with Common, Queen Latifah and Tyler Perry.

2011 fake Arab Spring and referendum (Wikileaks of Julian Assange).

Presidents

Mbarek Bekkay, Ahmed Laraki, Ahmed Osman, Maati Bouabid, Driss Jettou, Abbas El Fassi, Abdeliliah Benkirane, Saadeddine Othmani, Aziz Akhannouch (Akwa Group, married to Salwa Idrissi of Zara and Gap).

Islam

Greece

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