Medresa Bou Inania in Meknes

Meknes (Arabic: مكناس) is a city in northern Morocco, located 130 kilometres from the capital Rabat and 60 kilometres from Fes. It is served by the A2 expressway between those two cities. Meknes was the capital of Morocco under the reign of Moulay Ismail (1672 – 1727), before it was relocated to Rabat. The population is 536,322 (2004 census). It is the capital of the Meknès-Tafilalet region. Meknes is named after a Berber tribe which was known as Miknasa in the medieval Arabic sources. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1536x2048, 1195 KB) Mekhnes (Maroc) Medersa_Bou_Inania (détail) Auteur : Fabos 1/4/05 File links The following pages link to this file: Meknes Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to create or... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1536x2048, 1195 KB) Mekhnes (Maroc) Medersa_Bou_Inania (détail) Auteur : Fabos 1/4/05 File links The following pages link to this file: Meknes Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to create or... The Arabic language ( ), or simply Arabic ( ), is the largest member of the family of Semitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family (classification: South Central Semitic) and is closely related to Hebrew, Amharic, and Aramaic. ... For the Maltese city on Gozo Island which can also be called Rabat, see Victoria, Malta. ... Functional electrical stimulation Foundation for Ecological Security Flywheel energy storage Flexible Energy Solutions Ltd. ... This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Meknès-Tafilalet Meknès-Tafilalet (Arabic: ) is one of the sixteen regions of Morocco. ... The Miknasa were a Berber tribe in Morocco and western Algeria The Miknasa Berbers originated in Tripolitania and southern Tunisia, but migrated westwards into central Morocco and western Algeria in pre-Islamic times. ...

The land upon which the city is founded and much of its surrounding territory came under the domination of the Roman empire in 117 A.D. (see History of Morocco). The original community from which Meknes can be traced was an 8th century Kasbah, or fortress. A Berber tribe called the Miknasa settled there in the 10th century, and a town consequently grew around the fortress. Meknes saw its golden age as the imperial capital of Moulay Ismail following his accession to the Sultanate of Morocco. The Roman Empire is the name given to both the imperial domain developed by the city-state of Rome and also the corresponding phase of that civilization, characterized by an autocratic form of government. ... The Capsian culture brought Morocco into the Neolithic about 8000 BC, in a time when the Maghreb was less arid than it is today. ... (7th century — 8th century — 9th century — other centuries) Events The Iberian peninsula is taken by Arab and Berber Muslims, thus ending the Visigothic rule, and starting almost 8 centuries of Muslim presence there. ... Fortifications (Latin fortis, strong, and facere, to make) are military constructions designed for defensive warfare. ... The Berbers (also called Imazighen, free men, singular Amazigh) are an ethnic group indigenous to Northwest Africa, speaking the Berber languages of the Afroasiatic family. ... The Miknasa were a Berber tribe in Morocco and western Algeria The Miknasa Berbers originated in Tripolitania and southern Tunisia, but migrated westwards into central Morocco and western Algeria in pre-Islamic times. ... As a means of recording the passage of time, the 10th century was that century which lasted from 901 to 1000. ...

A small park in the new part (ville nouvelle) of Meknes

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See also

• Marinid dynasty

Court of the medersa Bou Inania in Meknes (Morocco) The Marinid, Merinid or Beni Marin ethnic group (Arabic: مرينيون marîniyûn or بنو مرين banû marîn; Spanish Mariní/Mariníes) was a Zenata-Berber tribe of North Africa. ...

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World Heritage Sites in Morocco

Archaeological Site of Volubilis | Ksar of Ait-Ben-Haddou | Mazagan (El Jadida) | Medina of Essaouira | Medina de Fes (Fes el Bali) | Medina of Marrakech | Medina of Tetouan | Meknes Image File history File links Commons-logo. ... Wikimedia Commons logo by Reid Beels The Wikimedia Commons (also called Commons or Wikicommons) is a repository of free content images, sound and other multimedia files. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Morocco. ... Elabana Falls is in Lamington National Park, part of the Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves World Heritage site in Queensland, Australia. ... Volubilis, The Capitol Volubilis is a archaeological site in Morocco situated near Meknes and between Fez and Rabat. ... Aït Benhaddou at evening light Aït Benhaddou is a fortified city or Ksar, along the former caravan route between the Sahara en Marrakech. ... El Jadida (الجديدة) is a port city on the Atlantic coast of Morocco, in the province of El Jadida. ... The ramparts of Essaouira Essaouira (Arabic: ‎) is a city and tourist resort in Morocco, near Marrakesh on the Atlantic coast. ... Functional electrical stimulation Foundation for Ecological Security Flywheel energy storage Flexible Energy Solutions Ltd. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Tétouan (Arabic: تطوان (meaning eyes in the Berber language)) is the capital and cultural centre of the region Tanja (Tangier) in the north of Morocco, near the Mediterranean Sea. ...

Coordinates: 33°53′N 5°33′W Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...