In the 15th century, the Berbers that inhabited Algeria were part of a dual team-of-conquer with the Umayyad Dynasty in Córdoba, Spain. According to Trudy Ring, Yusuf ibn Tashunfin, a leader of the Berber Almoravid dynasty, gained control of the territory that is now current day Morocco. "With the conquest of Algiers in 1082, the Almoravids controlled all of Algeria." (Ring 556). The Almoravids were later conquered by a different Berber dynasty, the Almohads, who "were responsible for the golden age of north African Islamic civilization". So the conquest of these few dynasties led to the rise of Islam in Africa, and eventually throughout the Middle East as a whole.
Ring, Trudy, et al. "International Dictionary of Historic Places: Middle East and Africa". Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, 1996. Republished on GoogleBooks for reference. Accessed 30 May 2009.
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