Worth knowing
Morocco
By tradition, al-Qarawiyyin in Fez began in 859 as a mosque founded by Fatima al-Fihri, a merchant's daughter. It grew into a great centre of learning and is still teaching today.
Where its story happens
Fez, at 34.03°N, 5.00°W. It's the place the game marks on the globe once the country is found. See it on a map.
Five things to know about Morocco
In Geodar these are the five clues to this country, and it counts as one of the middling countries. The game asks the hardest clue first. Here the easiest comes first.
- Where it is. It's Morocco, in the northwest corner of Africa, just across the water from Spain. See Morocco on a map.
- Marrakech, Casablanca and a slice of the Sahara are all here.
- One of its towns is painted almost entirely blue.
- At its closest it is only about 14 km from Europe.
- A school founded here in the year 859, by a woman, is often called the oldest university still running.