Historical Dictionary of Western Sahara Third ... - Scarecrow Press

Chronology
c. 5000 BC Beginning of the Neolithic Period.
c. 2500 BC Onset of desertification.
c. 1000 BC Start of Sanhaja Berber migration into Western Sahara
from the north.
c. AD 50–400
haja dominance.
Large-scale introduction of the camel facilitates San-
c. 700–900 Zenata Berbers take control of the Oued Draa.
c. 900–930 Sanhaja Berbers assume control of Aoudaghost in southern
Mauritania.
c. 990 Sanhaja lose Aoudaghost to the Soninké.
c. 1041–42 Abdallah Ibn Yacin founds the Almoravids.
1054 Almoravids seize Aoudaghost from the Soninké and Sijilmasa
from the Zenata.
1056 Almoravid invasion of Morocco.
1061 Almoravids retreat from Morocco.
1062–76 Abu Bakr Ibn Omar leads the Sanhaja into a war against the
Soninké (Kingdom of Ghana).
1069 Fez is captured by the Almoravids.
1076 Almoravids defeat the Ghana Empire.
1082 Algiers is captured by the Almoravids.
1086 Almoravids land in Spain and defeat the Castilian army near
Badajoz.
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