What Can Climate Provide to History? The Medieval Warm Period in the Almoravid and Almohad Maghreb

 What Can Climate Provide to History? The Medieval Warm Period in the Almoravid and Almohad Maghreb

In the first half of the eleventh century born in Western Africa the Almoravid phenomenon, which occupied the entire Maghreb al-Aqsa, and appeared in al-Andalus. In a hundred years he was replaced by the Almohad, the other great political-religious movement, which was extinguished during the 13 century. Both political processes have been studied as phenomena of religious renewal component, which spurred its expansion. It is remarkable that the Almoravid pre-expansion time coincide with the greatest influence of Medieval Warm Period in the Sahel, while the Almohad disintegration is placed on dates coinciding with the climate crisis in 13th century. This paper analyzes the links that this weather event may have with these two historical processes.

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