Interesting Documentary About North America Before The Europeans

I always wondered why the Spanish/North African Muslims did not sail westward it's not like they did not have the technology.:hmm:
 
Morocco was subject to many external & internal pressures, such as the Portuguese & Spaniards applying pressure on the North African coast; the Ottoman Empire encroaching upon Moroccan lands; disunity/civil strife & plague in Morocco. Furthermore, the Moroccans weren't involved in global trade like Castile/Spain and Portugal were, and it certainly didn't have the necessary means (manpower or technology) to colonize a place somewhere across the Atlantic.

Even then, it's not a simple question of who's got the technology to do it or not, but rather a matter of who's willing to put the money to work. It was only possible with the investments of Kings, private trade parties, Nobles etc.

On the flip-side, it would have been an incredible feat if Morocco was able to colonize the Americas and be the ones to conquer Tenochtitlan [Mexico City] instead of the Spaniards.
 
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Morocco was subject to many external & internal pressures, such as the Portuguese & Spaniards applying pressure on the North African coast; the Ottoman Empire encroaching upon Moroccan lands & disunity/civil strife in Morocco. Furthermore, the Moroccans weren't involved in global trade like Castile/Spain and Portugal were, and it certainly didn't have the necessary means (manpower or technology) to colonize a place somewhere across the Atlantic.

Even then, it's not a simple question of who's got the technology to do it or not, but rather a matter of who's willing to put the money to work. It was only possible with the investments of Kings, private trade parties, Nobles etc.

On the flip-side, it would have been an incredible feat if Morocco was able to colonize the Americas and be the ones to conquer Tenochtitlan [Mexico City] instead of the Spaniards.

Seems like the Ottomans got their hands on some maps of the new world, the only problem was geography for the ottomans. Seems like the Moroccan sultanates did not want to join the Ottomans. History could have been very different if they did:kanyehmm:

 

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