Berber dynasty 11301269 founded by the Berber prophet Muhammad ibn Tumart (
c. 10801130). The Almohads ruled much of Morocco and Spain, which they took by defeating the
Almoravids; they later took the area that today forms Algeria and Tunis. Their policy of religious purity involved the forced conversion and massacre of the Jewish population of Spain. The Almohads were themselves defeated by the Christian kings of Spain in 1212, and in Morocco in 1269.
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