2) Essaouira. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...supporting Abd al-Kadir, leader of an Algerian resistance movement. The city declined when Agadir was opened to foreign trade in the 20th cent. Essaouira was formerly...

3) 3. North Africa, 1504-1799. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
...local tribal authorities and Sufi orders. 1 1505 Portuguese occupation of Tangier and Agadir. A series of Portuguese garrison forts on the Atlantic coast called presidios...

4) Grey of Fallodon, Edward Grey, 1st Viscount. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Triple Alliance and Triple Entente). He again stood firmly in support of France during the Agadir crisis (1911). Having successfully convened a conference of the...

5) French Equatorial Africa. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...territories. About 100,000 sq mi (259,000 sq km) were ceded to Germany as a result of the Agadir crisis (1911) but were returned to France by the Treaty of Versailles....

6) 1911, April-May. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
...under Joseph Caillaux (June 28). 2 July 1 The German gunboat Panther arrived at Agadir on the Atlantic coast of Morocco, ostensibly to protect German interests, but...

7) Morocco. The World Factbook. 2003
...type:constitutional monarchyCapital:RabatAdministrative divisions:37 provinces and 2 wilayas*; Agadir, Al Hoceima, Azilal, Beni Mellal, Ben Slimane, Boulemane, Casablanca*,...

8) Morocco, country, Africa. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...wood, and building materials. Part of the maritime population fishes for its livelihood. Agadir, Essaouira, El Jadida, and Larache are among the important fishing...

9) 1906, April 7. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
...It settled the crisis provoked by the dispatch of a German warship to the Moroccan port of Agadir in July to force the withdrawal of the French military expedition...