For part of its history, Moroccan literature and literature in al-Andalus can be considered as one, since Morocco and al-Andalus were united under the Almoravid and Almohad empires. Mauro-Andalusi ДЄccording to Abdallah Guennoun's an-Nubugh ul-Maghrebi fi l-Adab il-Arabi ( Ш§Щ„Щ†ШЁЩ€Шє Ш§Щ„Щ…ШєШ±ШЁЩЉ ЩЃЩЉ Ш§Щ„ШЈШЇШЁ Ш§Щ„Ш№Ш±ШЁЩЉ Moroccan Excellence in Arabic Literature), Moroccan literature in Arabic can be traced back to a Friday sermon given by Tariq ibn Ziyad at the time of the conquest of Iberia. Little is known of the literary production in the time of the Exarchate of Africa. Pliny the Elder mentioned him in his Natural History. Juba II, King of Mauretania, was a man of letters who authored works in Latin and Greek. Also associated with Morocco is Hercules, who was given the 12 impossible tasks including stealing 'golden apples' from the garden of the Hesperides, purported to have been in or around Lixus. Atlas is associated with the Atlas Mountains and is said to have been the first king of Mauretania. Morocco also played a part in the Greco-Roman Mythology. Morocco has been associated with Phoenician mythology, as a temple to Melqart was found in the vicinity of Lixus. Ruins of the Roman theatre at Lixus, an archeological cite near L'ara'ish

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