Berber people
The Arab conquests which started in the 7th century, brought the Umayyads to the region. They took some of the land and made people become Muslim. The people in control were from the Abbasid dynasty. In 711, Imazighen took part in taking over al-Andalus. This was part of Spain During the time between 1040-1147, the Almoravid dynasty created an important empire. People were selling their things to other continents. Amazigh kingdoms were replaced with Arab ones and Arabic was spoken in lots of places.