The History of Morocco

Morocco has been inhabited since very early prehistoric times, as the many prehistoric remains show. Then came the phoenicians, Carthaginians, Berbers, Byzantines, Romans and Vandals before the Arab invasion which took place in the 8th century.

Morocco as an independant state has been in existence since 788 AD, when idriss 1st was proclaimed King at Volubilis (by way of comparaison, it was nearly 100 years later that King Alfred the Great bacame King of Wessex).

Today, Morocco is a constitutional monarchy.