The influx of the Banu Hilal is…

1058 CE

The influx of the Banu Hilal is a major factor in the linguistic, cultural and ethnic Arabization of the Maghreb, and in the spread of nomadism in areas where agriculture had previously been dominant.

Ibn Khaldun noted that the lands ravaged by Banu Hilal invaders had become completely arid desert.

The resulting anarchy has devastated the previously flourishing agriculture, and the coastal towns assume a new importance as conduits for maritime trade and bases for piracy against Christian shipping.

After the loss of Kairouan in 1057, …

Locations
Kairouan > El Kairouan Al-Qayrawan Tunisia View →

People
Al-Mu'izz ibn Badis View → Al-Mustansir Billah View →

Groups
Berber people (also called Amazigh people or Imazighen, "free men", singular Amazigh) View → Bedouin View → Islam View → Banu Hilal View → Banu Sulaym View → Muslims, Sunni View → Muslims, Shi'a View → Ismailism View → Abbasid Caliphate (Baghdad) View → Fatimid Caliphate View → Ifriqiyah, Zirid Dynasty of View → Hammadid dynasty View →

Commodities
Weapons View →

Subjects
Commerce View → Watercraft View → Labor and Service View → Conflict View → Faith View → Government View → Custom and Law View → Technology View → Piracy View →

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