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The region received input from the Phoenicians X Ie S. BC Carthaginians and Romans, who annexed the kingdom of the Moors and created the prov. Tingitana the country of Mauritania, invaded by the Vandals conquered by the Arabs and Islamized, reached its apogee under the Berber dynasties of the Almoravids Almoravids and which also ruled Muslim Spain (X and X Ie II) after 1660, the Arab dynasty of Alawi, who sat still rule his dominion.

Undermined by internal divisions, Morocco is under pressure from Europeans of the 18 th century France, prevailed despite all opposition. (Algeciras Conference, 1909 Agadir Incident 1911) and imposed a protectorate in 1912, leaving al'Espagne the Rif and the territory of Ifni. She pacified and organized, the country with Lyautey, who helped crush the rebellion Abd el-Karim donations the Rif (1921-1926) the nationalist movement took the force to favor of the Second World War spurred in particular. Istiqlal party of the Sultan Mohammed V introduced in 1953 by France was restored in 1955 and gained independence (1956) his son Hassan II has been in power since 1961 and a policy active diplomatic crisis in Franco-Moroccan born 1965 (Ben Barka affair) has resolved border problems with Algeria are perennials since 1963 (when the two countries had fought for the possession of Tindouf) has since 1975) Strengthening the king succeeds through a national consensus policy Saharan Africa: the Moroccan claims on Western Sahara "Green March" which has 350,000 volunteers participated in November 1975.

In 1999 the death of King Hassan 2 and its replacement by his son Mohamed 6 accentuate the move towards liberalization.