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10,000BC Upper Paleolithic (the Old Stone Age) period
The earliest human ancestry (Homo erectus and Homo habilis) lived in Africa more than 2 million years ago.
49BC Mauretania (now northern Morocco and Algeria) inhabited by the Berbers became a Province of the Roman Empire
439AD The Vandals took Mauretania from the Romans
600-700 The Muslims conquered Morocco. Arabian and Phoenicians trade with ivory, rhino horn, gold, shells and slaves and bring a Muslim influence to the culture
1062 Marrakesh, the Arab name for Morocco, was built as a fortified city by the Almoravids dynasty

1100-1200 The Almohad dynasty replaced the Almoravids
1492 Jews began arriving in Morocco after their expulsion from Spain
1578 King Sebastian of Portugal launches a crusade against the Moors of Morocco
1786 Morocco received $10,000 to stop attacking American ships in the Mediterranean
1789 Morocco was the first country to recognize the US as a sovereign nation
1859 Oct 22, Spain declared war on the Moors in Morocco
1905 Germany contested French rule in Morocco
1908 Mulai Hafid proclaimed himself the Sultan of Morocco but abdicated in 1912
1914-18 World War I
1912-1956 The French rule Morocco
1939 - 1945 WW11
August 1945 The United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
1956 Mar 2, Morocco declared independence from France
1956 Oct 20, Tangier became part of independent Morocco

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