One billion is equal to 1,000 million. One billion is written with a one followed by nine zeros, while one million is written with a one followed by six zeros. One billion is also written as 10^9, and one million is written as 10^6.
Intellectual and artistic capital of Morocco, Fez is located in Morocco's northern region, approximately 200 kilometers below the southern tip of Spain. Fez can be reached in forty-five minutes by plane from Casablanca, in three hours from Paris, and via overnight service from New York.
In the autumn of 1351, Ibn Battuta left Fez and made his way to the town of Sijilmasa on the northern edge of the Sahara in present-day Morocco. There he bought a number of camels and stayed for four months.