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The 27 pages that link to Almoravid dynasty, each with the reason it gives.

• Trans-Saharan tradeBroader topic: Its rise connected North African political power with Saharan routes and western Sahelian states.

• Al-AndalusBroader topic: The Almoravids intervened in Iberia and reunified many taifa territories under their rule.

• MoroccoBroader topic: The Almoravids built an empire centered on Marrakesh and expanded Moroccan power.

• Ghana EmpireCompared with: Older accounts credit Almoravid conquest with Ghana’s decline, a claim historians treat cautiously.

• MaghrebBroader topic: Its empire briefly joined large territories on both sides of the western Mediterranean.

• MarrakeshRelated: The Almoravids founded Marrakesh and made it the center of their power.

• Alfonso VI of León and CastileRelated: The Almoravids entered Iberia in response to Alfonso’s expansion and defeated him at Sagrajas.

• MauritaniaRelated: The movement emerged from the western Sahara, a region overlapping present-day Mauritania.

• MakhzenBroader topic: Almoravid expansion helped build centralized rule across a broad Moroccan territory.

• SanhajaBroader topic: Sanhaja groups formed the core of the movement that established Almoravid rule.

• Taifa kingdomsCompared with: Its conquest ended the taifa rulers’ independence and replaced their fragmented rule with centralized authority.

• Yusuf ibn TashfinNarrower topic: Yusuf’s rule was the dynasty’s decisive expansion into Morocco and Iberia.

• SijilmasaRelated: Almoravid expansion brought Sijilmasa into a wider Maghrebi empire.

• Abu Bakr ibn UmarNarrower topic: Abu Bakr’s campaigns helped turn this movement into a territorial power.

• Battle of OuriqueRelated: Its forces formed the opposing army in the traditional account of Ourique.

• Battle of SagrajasRelated: Its forces crossed from North Africa and defeated Alfonso VI’s army.

• Ibn TumartRelated: Their rule and religious establishment became the principal target of Ibn Tumart's preaching.

• El CidCompared with: Its intervention challenged the balance of power Díaz de Vivar had built around Valencia.

• History of MoroccoBroader topic: The Almoravids made Marrakesh an imperial capital and extended Moroccan power across Iberia.

• Zirid dynastyCompared with: Almoravid intervention ended the Zirid kingdom in Granada.

• Abd al-Mu'minCompared with: Its weakening rule created the political opening for Abd al-Mu'min's expansion.

• Abdallah ibn YasinBroader topic: This is the movement Ibn Yasin organized and led in its formative period.

• Abu Bakr ibn al-ArabiRelated: Its rule framed the political world in which he served as a judge.

• History of North AfricaBroader topic: Its transregional empire connected Saharan, Maghrebi, and Iberian politics.

• AvempaceRelated: Avempace held political and administrative roles under Almoravid rule.

• History of MauritaniaRelated: The movement emerged from Saharan and Sanhaja networks that included areas of present-day Mauritania.

• OujdaRelated: Almoravid expansion brought Oujda into a wider struggle for control of the Maghreb.