to take over the trade so they could be rich

On the Barbary Coast of North Africa, the rulers of Morocco, Algiers, Tunis, and Tripoli had for years practiced piracy and extortion.

Morocco has 9 world heritage sites inscribed on the list. They are all cultural sites. Some of these sites include the Medina of Fez, the Historic City of Meknes, and the Medina of Marrakesh. Morocco also has 12 properties on the Tentative list.

Atlas Mountains

Sahara Desert

Uqba ibn Naif conquered the northern part of what is now Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia. The northern part of Morocco, Fes, was conquered, but the country was Islamized by Idris 1 from what is now Mecca, Saudi Arabia. His son Idriss 11 later expanded the country farther. After the Idrisid dynasty ended after a sucession of rulers, the Berber Almoravids took over Morocco. During the time of the Almoravids, the Almohads started to take power and so on.