Morocco: Islam, Pirates and Science with Elijah Fanan

Today, anthropology scholar Elijah Fanan joins us to discuss the rich history of Morocco. A very special episode where we go through over 3000 years of history of a beautiful country. Show Notes 0:01:11 - The Geography of Morocco 0:02:00 - First Recorded Human life - 300,000 years ago. 0:04:11 - Mitochondrial Eve 0:04:38 - First Sign of Civilization in Morocco 0:05:21 - Amazigh Kingdom of Mauretania - During the Roman Times 0:07:15 - When did Islam Come to Morocco? 0:10:31 - Ibn Khaldoun 0:16:00 - The Fall of the Umayyad Empire 0:17:59:00 - Almoravid Empire 0:20:20- The Red City of Morocco 0:23:48 - Almohad Caliphate: The first non-Arab Caliphate 0:26:10 - The Islamic Golden Age 0:26:29 - The First University - Fatima Al Fihri 0:28:15 - The Koran and the Scientific Method 0:29:00 - The Alaween Dynasty in Morocco and how they kept power for over 500+ years 0:32:00 - The Ottoman Empire 0:34:10 - Sayyida al-Hurra - The Female Pirate of North Africa 0:36:10 - Esha approve of Robbing of Colonizers. 0:36:53 - Pirates and the Slavetrade 0:38:46 - The First Friendship Treaty with the USA 0:41:49 - World War 1 and Morocco 0:46:17 - Rebellion in Fez 0:47:10 - Rif and the Independence Movement 0:48:11 - The Istiqlal Party 0:50:56 - From Black to Gray 0:55:23 - How the King of Morocco Protected all the Jews During Vichy France 0:57:42 - The Birth of the Marxist Leninist Movement in Morocco 1:00:10 - Operation Gladio (Morocco Edition) 1:06:27 - The Arab Spring in Morocco 1:07:04 -Belt and Road Initiative and China in Morocco 1:10:54 - Western Sahara Other Announcements Join our weekly callin today at 12:30 PM Eastern Time Lit with Lenin at 12:00 Pm Eastern on Monday, Jan 16 This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit historicly.substack.com/subscribe