Rabat

City · 1146 CE · in Europe

Capital of Morocco (1670–today).

Coimbra (c. 1147 CE): Capital of Kingdom of Portugal (1147–1256).
Halych (c. 1147 CE): Capital of Principality of Halych (1147–1199), Halych-Volhynia occupation (1199–1240), Principality of Galicia-Volhynia (1202–1240), and 1 more.
Paterna del Campo (c. 1147 CE): Capital of Taifa of Tejada (1147–1150).
Vaduz (1150 CE): Capital of Principality of Liechtenstein (1806–1814).
Kasimov (1152 CE): Capital of Qasim Khanate (1453–1551).
Plock (c. 1139 CE): Capital of Duchy of Masovia (1139–1351).
Guimarães (c. 1139 CE): Capital of County of Portugal (1139–1143).
Sandomierz (c. 1139 CE): Capital of Duchy of Sandomierz (1139–1304).
Poznań (c. 1139 CE): Capital of Duchy of Greater Poland (1139–1304).
Mosul (c. 1139 CE): Capital of Zengid dynasty (1139–1250), Qara Qoyunlu (1375–1467).

Around the same time and place

Trans-Saharan trade (c. 700–1600 CE): Camel caravans crossed the Sahara between Morocco and the Niger bend, exchanging North African goods and Saharan salt from mines such as Taghaza for West African gold, enriching the empires of Ghana, Mali and Songhai.
Reconquista (718–1492 CE): Centuries-long series of campaigns by Christian kingdoms to take the Iberian Peninsula from Muslim rule, ending with the fall of Granada in 1492.
El Cid (c. 1043 CE – 1099 CE): Castilian knight Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, who fought for Christian and Muslim rulers and conquered Valencia in 1094; hero of the Cantar de mio Cid.
Santiago de Compostela (c. 1111 CE): Capital of Kingdom of Galicia (1111–1125).
Averroes (1126 CE – 1198 CE): Andalusian philosopher, physician and judge from Córdoba whose commentaries on Aristotle deeply influenced Christian scholasticism.
Volubilis (400 BCE – 1710 CE): Capital of Mauretania (212 BCE–42), Idrisids (793–974).
Treaty of Zamora (1143 CE): Alfonso VII of León recognised Afonso Henriques as King of Portugal, establishing Portuguese independence.
Tinmel (c. 1139 CE): Capital of Almohad Caliphate (1139–1269).