A Brief History and Influence of Morocco

Journey to Morocco to discover its ancient past to its modern-day constructions. Explore the remnants of various empires, UNESCO world heritage sites, and modern-day archeological achievements. Before your journey is complete, we'll explore the influence Morocco has had on the world, particularly Spain, through architecture, culture, and cuisine. Lastly, engage in a virtual discussion with Paul Freedman, Yale's Chester D Tripp Professor of History.

[@youssefboutanaachchemlal7795]

Official language in Morocco is : Arabic & Tamazight

[@mohamedallali7915]

dear professor ,the history of the moroccan sahara doesn't start with the spanish occupations, for hundreds of years this territory and other territories including today's moroccan sahara/today's mauritania ,timbuktu and the western part of today's algeria,all these regions used to be part of the moroccan sharrifian empire ,before colonization started , as a reminder ,i would like to mention that the current rulling dunasty in morocco is in power from the 17th century ,and even with the existance of colonization, the house ramained and the moroccan political system didn't vanished,when colonization came to morocco,european invaders devided the empire into 8 parts ,which are the following;( tangier/international zone;UK;Germany; france spain and other countries(the northern part of today's morocco/spain(the central part/ france ( sidi ifni/spain( the moroccan sahara/spain(shanquit/france ;later,the french named it mauritania and got it seperated from it's mother country( timbuktu/france ;later;the french added it to mali( the moroccan eastern sahara/the french added it to their algerian colony)...so what morocco did in the second half of the 20th centry was just getting its land back.......history should be treated well an carefully and some infos should not be ignored.

[@ihsanr357]

Well said!

[@bconni2]

when discussing the history of European involvement in the Maghreb there seems to be a consensus among many historians to detract the Portuguese legacy and focus more on the Spanish & French. when in fact Portugal was the first European power to invade Morocco, where they fought a gruesome 350 year holy war . all the beautiful UNESCO world heritage sites dotting the Moroccan Atlantic coast built by the Portuguese empire many centuries ago , aren't there by coincidence.

[@lallahoumlallahoum8169]

Great video ♥️ However that first infographics had a mistake the two official languages of Morocco are Arabic and Tamazight (not french) French is spoken by people in large cities as a second language but is not an official language. Tamazight is the official language of Amazigh people (native Moroccans) who happen to be 50-60% of the population.

[@Jadido7]

there are no different ethnicities in Morocco, moroccans are moroccans, some speaks an amazigh dialect at home, other speaks an arabic dialect at home. The divide is linguistic, but we are the same people

[@Omar-mh8yn]

@@Jadido7 sure man you definitly right. Unfortunately many "arab-wannabes" arabised moroccan are convinced to be from Quraich or Yemen or Oman ... and they claim it proudly. the trouble identity is deep

[@Jadido7]

@@Omar-mh8yn I really don’t care what people claim about there origins as far as they consider themselves moroccans, I just don’t want a split in moroccan society that does not exist today to become a reality in the future

[@shirazadaonizuka6980]

@@Jadido7 hey arab racist have spoken more Amazingh in southern Morocco than French and Darija the two languages spoken in Morocco are the Amazingh ex chleuh, riff and chleu of the Atlas we may be Moroccan but not everyone speaks Arabic

[@Jadido7]

@@shirazadaonizuka6980 I think you should improve your english, because I think you have not understand what I’ve said. I was absolutely not racist, and I have not said that all moroccans speak arabic

[@MOROCCOUK]

I hate to disagree with you But Morocco has never invaded the Western Sahara, only claimed the land back from the invaders and there are many will be hopefully united to the kingdom of Morocco such eastern Sahara and many of islands. The mother language was Amazigh then Arabic.

[@abdulazizelijahfanan1632]

this is an endless debate if you support the independence of taiwan then you should support the independence of the western sahara because its literrally the same story

[@Salahmoorish]

​@@abdulazizelijahfanan1632 we do not support the independance of Taïwan. Morocco neither. So there is no problem.

[@mr.riffian9507]

In the Northern Morocco, Rif region, the language we spoke with in our daily life is: Native Tamazight Rifia Not Arabic nor French. 2nd is the Darija dialect. 2- No one in the whole countru uses the standard Arabic or French in their daily life.

[@lahcenidabdellah3742]

Bro there is no tamazight rifia or zayaniya or sousiya, there is one flag that brings us together called (tamazight) imazighen as whole. Do not discriminate.

[@azizcherkaoui2135]

I live in New Haven, CT where Yale University is located and when i saw a one hour video about Morocco by Yale Alumni Academy, as a Moroccan American I thought Oh! This is gonna be some serious academic endeavor, Boy I was wrong, I heard tourists guides in Morocco do a better job. I am not gonna ever bother listing all the wrong information in this video. I see a lot of people in the comments section did that already,and I don’t think the Yale Alumini Academy really care anyway.

[@bconni2]

what amazes me is the reluctance of historians to mention anything about Portugal's legacy in Morocco. you hear about Spain & France, yet the Portuguese empire invaded the Maghreb 250 years before Spain and 500 years before France. Portugal and Morocco fought a gruesome 350 year holy war on North African soil where some of the most horrific battles in the history of war occurred.

[@mohamedgaiz2222]

Morocco's links with its Saharan provinces went back to the unification of Greater Morocco in the 11th century; the southward extension of pre-colonial 16th to 18th-century Morocco was much greater than in modern times; the scattered Saharan tribes- mostly of north Moroccan origin- historically paid allegiance to the Moroccan kings, and five out of the seven Moroccan dynasties themselves were of Saharan origin.

[@ezzerkanisalma5203]

Being proud of our country is what we need in our society. CAUSE, our country is a mix between different cultures and they must work together and be strong

[@incompowexa]

I really enjoyed this video well done! from a Moroccan ❤️

[@spiritualpath770]

thank you so much, Professor.

[@MassBiya]

It was a French Protectorate, not a colony. The languages are Tamazight and Darija, not French. You really need to change that in the video, i see way too many reactions about it.

[@mohamedallali7915]

he's a professor in Yale but the infos he shares in the video do not support that .

[@mortvald]

a protectorate is still a colony, just under a different name to spite the british

[@osamintv6135]

How did the Phoenicians found Volubilis? Volubilis or Walili as we call it locally is inland of Morocco not on the coast where Phoenicians usually settled to do business with the locals.

[@abdulazizelijahfanan1632]

its in meknes not an island

[@stephansiegel9618]

The city on the hill in Morocco is not Meknes but Moulay Idriss Zerhoun مولاي إدريس زرهون

[@theclub07]

thank you dr.paul for this wonderful brief of history

[@monacherkaoui9547]

The way this professor speaks is very biased . He made several mistakes about Islamic history and not giving it the credit it deserves .

[@Oumaima1100]

Couldn’t agree more, very biased and vague.

[@user-dt3iv5oc6f]

Like what ?

[@sanshirokun]

Fascinating. Thanks for this informative presentation

[@user-us6wh1fu8n]

Great video about Morocco 🇲🇦 thank you very much for the perfect informations

[@bconni2]

when discussing the history of European involvement in the Maghreb there seems to be a consensus among many historians to detract the Portuguese legacy and focus more on the Spanish & French. when in fact Portugal was the first European power to invade Morocco, where they fought a gruesome 350 year holy war . all the beautiful UNESCO world heritage sites dotting the Moroccan Atlantic coast built by the Portuguese empire many centuries ago , aren't there by coincidence.

[@katepenrose9673]

Good to know

[@rajaeechbouk5532]

As a cultural studies master student most of the information you said is wrong, please read the history then speak

[@yodesuyo]

Tamazight is an official language in both Morocco and Algeria. Professor he said

[@touriaalam7531]

My grand parents and the old people from volubilis always told us about how the first thing frensh did when occupying volubilis is building the arches and changing the real remnant of volubilis

[@anodyne57]

The "real remnant" being what, exactly? Un-reconstructed ruins? Stone scattered on the ground? Are you claiming that the reconstruction is faulty, and if so, in what way? Be specific. Not everything the older generations tell you (anecdotally) is based in fact, and can often be based on fear, supposition, and comforting stories of their own times.

[@kafir-magriban8009]

Good content. But there's misunderstanding between Imazighen ( Berbers) cultures and Islamic ones. Islamic civilization in North africa and Andalusia (Spain) is Imazighen (Berbers) that has been hijacked by the Arabs. Otherwise, why there's no traces of urbanization and civilization in the Arabian Peninsula? As we see it in others.

[@abdulazizelijahfanan1632]

its called islamic for a reason to seperate it from the ethnic group that affected it as both affected heavily. arab and amazigh architecture is different, especially that the amazigh have always lived in tribal factions, whislt arabs started the creation of city state 3-4 centuries before them. this take is being a reactionary if he called it arabic, then yes your comment makes sense. but he called it islamic because it's not only found in morocco but all over the islamic regions from morocco all the way to afghanistan. you seem to forget that after al muwahidin, both North africa and the middle east lived through a very tolerant society that didnt base itsself on race or ethnicity but ratherr religious identity and thus both have affected the islamic architecture. on the other hand you act like Arab genocided the area and thus amazigh need recognition but here is the thing 90% of the population is amazigh, which obviously shows that no genocide or large scale Opression has occured even during the almowahidin dynasty which was notoriously known for being arab supremacist. stop comparing the real amazigh struggle to that of native americans it is not the same thing nor were they colonised as the native americans did, there was conquest, and yes some oppression happened like with any conquest, but this ended with the end of the al mowahidine dynasty and the area has lived pretty much through peacefull negotiations between both groups equally.

[@abdulazizelijahfanan1632]

@اللمتوني الصنهاجي both arabs and amazigh lived through a very fast economical development, which has lead to the creation of city states at a very fast rate, in the arab world when that happened islam appeared as measure to fight the rise of inequality , in the amazigh world when that happened the arabs where the source of that economic development that has lead to high amount of poverty which in turn made them turn to islam as an ideolody.your point makes no sense, at all and is very arab supremacist, disguised as union under a religion. do better educate yourself outside of mythical and romanticised history of islam while yes it played a role it did not magically achieve what it did. otuside factor especially materialist factors played the biggest role

[@Icutekitty18]

Islam is a religion architecture is a civilization. and yes morocco was civilized before Islam. The city of Meknas was built before Spain was invaded and the ruler at the time asked them to copy the architecture of Meknas in Granada Palace : Alhambra and then it spread to the rest of Spain @@user-ij9ng5xr5d

[@tarikbendriss7792]

It was not Meknes that you compared to Morella, but rather Moulay Driss

[@ZungaBungalunga]

History doesn't start only when a westerner view hit places. The brief (1912-1956) Spanish and French colonization period is just an anomaly in the course of Moroccan history not a set point when every thing began, even, the General Assembly of united nation gives the13 December 1974 an advisory opinion, confirming the ties between Sahara and the kingdom of Morocco. The thing is a territory dispute is very lucrative for the colonial powers pushing the region into an armament race, weakening them and subjugating them to those same powers...

[@Icutekitty18]

well said!

[@bconni2]

the European power who was actually in Morocco the longest was Portugal. their gruesome holy war in the Maghreb lasted 350 years. some of the most horrific battles in the history of war took place on North African soil between the Portuguese empire , Morocco and their Muslim coalitions. the level of brutality in which the belligerents treated each other is something most historians don't like talking about. the Christians and Muslims had a deep hatred for each other back then.

[@abcdefghty765]

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[@abcdefghty765]

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[@sofiahafida6139]

The Moroccan Sahara was occupied by Spaim. Morocco got back the Moroccan Sahara in 1975.

[@bconni2]

Spain didn't colonize Africa like most other European nations. and that little sliver of the Sahara they did take from Morocco turned out to be worthless anyway.

[@aemermujaddid7671]

The Gharib al Hadith by Abu 'Ubaid al-Qasim ibn Sallam al-Harawi (d. 837 AD). The oldest known dated Arabic manuscript on paper in Leiden University Library says " The most prominent colours amongst the Arabs is Asmar and udmah and the most prominent colours amongst the non Arabs is white and red (pale white)" The word Asmar and Udmah are translated differently in different parts of the Middle East but in the medieval Arabic grammar sources and in modern bedouin Arabia the variants of the word sumr or samar mean something "just short of black", while udmah meant simply "black".

[@The_northern_warrior]

According to the constitution, the official languages Arabic & Berber. For the French it is imposed by the actual elite but not spoken between Moroccan only used in French companies and finance field. STEM high education in University is either in French or English.

[@philfluther2713]

A couple of thoughts. Travel freed up pleasure covid travel tied up in knots pleasure. 11:25 Nest entablature an affront to authenticity. Authenticity is sacrosanct.

[@John-ih2bx]

The narration could be smoother, not easy to listen to. I was hoping for a chronology starting with oldest events first.

[@briansmith9439]

Chellah is about 10 miles inland from Rabat; you're confusing the Kasbah of the Udayas with Chella - which has some of the greatest ruins I've seen.

[@rachidtravel3288]

Confusing too moulay I driss with Meknes

[@Jadido7]

Chella is in Rabat, just like the kasbah of Udaya

[@mohamedachahri6248]

Official languages in Morocco is Tamazight and Darija (arabic)

[@el.yahsharbeyyisrael9603]

Read the treaty of peace and friendship you also find the the USA and European so called countries àre resisding in the Morrocan Empire ---Amexen the true ancient world.

[@gaz8547]

Just look at iran's architecture and designs and colours 1000 years ago. When arabs attacked persians and took the civil engineer's and architectures with them as slaves. Portugal, Spain and Moroccans art and design influenced by persians at that time and still continues

[@ruiza271]

Interesting video👏👏👏

[@el.yahsharbeyyisrael9603]

Reàd Treàty of peace and friendship with the USA & Empire of Morroco remember the usa is currently inside morroco

[@Hichametouijer]

Hadi fkhatar bani karghal chi sara7

[@agnostimous2859]

Fascinating

[@Koko70816]

Morocco has 2 official languages: Arabic and tamazight, not French. French is for administration

[@deil3r]

Language : Arabic & amazigh

[@RazanRadiya]

Please double check every fact mentioned here. Very dismayed to see this poor presentation by an academic of such a highly esteemed institution. It is fraught with wrong facts, a number of major errors and numerous misconceptions. One wonders if he is trying to rewrite the Moroccan and Islamic history to fit some new world narrative or satisfy the goals of some political agenda. Thumbs down 👎. There are many decent choices on youtube for those looking to learn about Moroccan histroy. Many conscientious, diligent and fact driven youtubers have done a much better job at presenting Moroccan history.

[@bon2877]

…I had to stop listening after the first 5 min. The vast majority of the people of Morocco speak Darija, sir. An extremely unique language across Northern Africa, particularly Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia. It varies widely among those countries, but that adjusts even between cities within Maghreb. Arabic and French are official governmental languages, that are taught to those with access to certain education, though Arabic more readily than French. (SOME people speak Berber, or more correctly native Amazigh, but since those groups are more private it is far less common.) This is basic information to get wrong.

[@albertarthurparsnips5141]

The Sahrawi 🇪🇭 Arab Democratic Republic is the sole legitimate state of the dispossessed & dreadfully treated indigenous people of the Western Sahara. Incorporation into ‘Morocco’ is a hateful project of Islamist, supremacist neo-colonialism to the dispossessed people . Thankfully, the Republic has garnered a great deal of international support & recognition : the UN regards the Republic as simply being temporarily under the aegis of Moroccan military occupation, completely illegally. UN mandated referenda to ascertain local opinion on autonomy, independence from or incorporation into Morocco have been suspended no less than 47 times due to Rabat’s sabotage of the process.

[@lahcenidabdellah3742]

Proof you should be carefully to what you said, you made some mistakes that should be fixed. And next time before you starting to teach lesson make sure 100 parcent that information you recieve are correct.

[@jeffbillings-el6110]

No ! He's incorrect, the Maghreb ( territory ) Starts from Libya, Tunis, Algeria, Morocco, Mauritania, Senegal, Mali and Niger. Across the Atlantic Ocean onto to the Americas, North, Central and South of America. The Maghreb doesn't stop at Morocco, Mauritania, Senegal, Mali, Niger, or the Western Sahara, Remember! The Maghreb means the farthest West, not just the far West ! They not telling it all !

[@Icutekitty18]

What type of crack are on? It must be some good stuff!😂😂😂

[@mortvald]

@@Icutekitty18 he's right though, that was historically the empire of maghreb and one nation united under the ethno linguistic identity of amazigh.

[@mousaalhabib8725]

it was really boring. Good job.

[@TimCullis]

This is most disappointing. The guy is really a professor?

[@UserLogin-Z]

BIASED AND UNPROFESSIONAL

[@aemermujaddid7671]

the Soninke are the al-Berabir (the Berbers) of medieval Arabic sources and Barbari in southern Europe. : ) The word is indigenous to those now called sub-Saharans, and still found under the forms Beribra, Bambara and Beri'a." #repost @Dana Reynolds Marniche