Timeline of Morocco

Chronology

22 events spanning the history of Morocco. BCE/CE dating.

1. 1100 BCE

   Phoenician settlements in Morocco

   Phoenician settlements in Morocco during the Bronze Age. First trading port is in Lixus near Larache.

2. 500 BCE

   Carthaginians take over and expand the Moroccan Phoenician settlements

   Carthaginians take over and expand the Moroccan Phoenician settlements.

3. 146 BCE

   Carthage falls to Rome

   Carthage falls to Rome in the Third Punic War. Roman influence spreads into the Berber kingdoms of Mauretania-Numidia.

4. 27

   Morocco comes under direct Roman rule during the reign of Emperor Caligula.

   Morocco comes under direct Roman rule during the reign of Emperor Caligula.

5. 535

   Byzantines occupy Ceuta on the north coast.

   Byzantines occupy Ceuta on the north coast.

6. 600 – 700

   Muslims began a wave of invasions.

   Muslims began a wave of invasions.

7. 788 – 923

   Idrissid Dynasty

   Idrissid Dynasty.

8. 788

   Marrakech was built as a fortified city

   Marrakech [Marrakesh], the Arab name for Morocco, was built as a fortified city by the first Berber dynasty, the Almoravids. It was the terminus of a trade route running southward to the Niger River and of another running eastward to Cairo.

9. 1062

   Morocco becomes an independent state

   Morocco becomes an independent state.

10. 1062 – 1145

    Almoravid Dynasty

    Almoravid Dynasty.