Source Record

Met Heilbrunn Timeline: Western North Africa (The Maghrib), 500-1000 A.D.

Met institutional chronology for the early Islamic Maghrib, used to frame North African regional context without reducing it to modern identity categories.

Notes

This chronology anchors the Maghrib during the early Islamic period and identifies the region with present-day Algeria, Libya, Morocco, and Tunisia. It gives public context for Arab conquests, Umayyad and Abbasid-era rule, local dynasties, and contacts with Islamic Spain.

Why this source matters

MoorOfUS uses this source to keep Maghreb references regional and chronological. It supports discussion of Northwest Africa as central to Moorish-history source trails without turning the Maghreb into a single modern nation, race, tribe, or private lineage category.

Use with caution

The page is a broad chronology. It should not be stretched into proof for a modern identity claim, a private family claim, or a complete account of every group later described with Moor-derived labels.