Meknes, Imperial City; Morocco

Moulay Ismail was one of Morocco's most tyrannical and bloody rulers. With his Black Guard, a conscripted slave army from Sudan, he was able to consolidate his power by conquering the Berber tribes in the south and pushing back the European powers rooted in the north.

With European slaves won by conquest and by the Barbary Pirates Moulay Ismail constructed massive works including the Imperial City at Meknes He transformed a provincial agricultural town into the heart of an empire in 50 years.

Join Cara, John, and their 1 year old daughter Abigail as they explore the sites of the Imperial City by horse drawn carriage, called a caleche. They visit the granaries, royal gardens, Moulay's mausoleum, and the many gates and walls of the city.

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[Rohit84up]

Sultan ismail was a RUTHLESS leader? is that term only used for islamic leaders or can also be applied to bible believers? The Bush and Blaire led war has caused over 600,000 civilian casualties. Would you call them ruthless leaders also? Just curious....lol

[Cvillemac]

@Rohit84up I'm no bible believer and certainly no fan of Bush. Bush and Blaire did irreparable damage.

[shakirtalib]

great video.whats the tune thats starts at 2:15.thanks

[Cvillemac]

@shakirtalib I made it on Garage Band. All create all of my own music there.

[ZiaddaiZ]

I live in Germany but my famaly lives in Meknes. Great video well made!

[Cvillemac]

@ZiaddaiZ you are welcome, I really enjoyed Meknes...

[belzak2010]

Thank u sooooooooooooooo much for this video...I'm from Meknes and I live in Brussels, I knew every place that u visited...

[blonchur]

@Rohit84up Moulay Ismael belong to the worst of the worst. He was a psychopath who relished killing people himself with a launch or a cimeterre. He killed thousands of people personally. And gave orders for thousands of executions. He would order them to be sawed in two halves alive, or burnt alive, and tortured in many vicious ways.

[MohamedAzzouz80]

Thanx for the video!!!

[STRUMMERBOY1975]

Aslama CvillMac...:) I was in Morroco visiting the imperial cities...and a 3 day stay at the Al Madina Riad(Jimmy Hendrix Pad) in Essaouira..... Your Videos are Great !! Thanks Alot 4 Posting them ! :)

[onlijn112]

i like it because you take the the horse drive

from holand and born in meknes

[popart972]

Meknes is fantastic wallah

[zerma81000]

Thank you so much for this video, I am a french student studying in Sweden. My parents are both Moroccans from Meknes, I used to go there every summer when I was younger and I was searching for a cool video about Meknes in english to motivate my friends to come to visit me this summer. I finnally found it!!!!