Morocco and its Expansion to Spain
Morocco is a country located in North Africa, across the Strait of Gibraltar from Spain. Throughout its history, Morocco has had a complex relationship with Spain, with periods of both cooperation and conflict. In the 16th and 17th centuries, Morocco was a major naval power and often engaged in warfare with Spain. The two pillars of Hercules are part of the story. One of the two pillars is the mount peak of Gibraltar where Governor Tariq Bin Ziyad from Morocco was asked by his administrative Arab Leadership to invade Spain and the West of Spain (Portugal). Tariq Bin Ziyad had taken an army of 7000 troops and since the Christians there were already tired of the local monarchy they as well adjoined being one hundred thousand in number and so Islam ruled for eight hundred years in the adjacent areas.
