Almoravid Empire | 1035CE – 1121CE

Happy Holidays, everyone! The Muslims of Al Andalus were in trouble. The Christians to the north were constantly at war with them. Toledo had fallen. All the Ta’ifas were within reach. Their doom was inevitable. For a moment, it looked like Muslims were about to be expelled from Spain. However, to the south, a new empire was emerging. A religious movement born in the hot desert of Northern Africa that would become a force to resist the Christian advance in Spain. Additional Facts: 1) The fact that “a