The Road Rises Up

I’ve been exploring parishes

Okay HERE’S to a new adventure. The Khaleesi looks unimpressed

Decided to document starting over in my life. I moved from Los Angeles to Chicago. In winter. Other than my daughter and son-in-law, I know a handful of people. I need income and a place to live for me and my cat, The Khaleesi. Here’s to a new adventure...

souk in Fes

the perils of being on the road... am way behind so on to Fes and finishing up Morocco, then a taste of Hawaii and on to Israel. Have I posted New Orleans?? Okay. Here we go...

When the structure was completed, Moulay Ismail inspected the gate, asking El-Mansur if he could do better. El-Mansur felt complied to answer yes, making the sultan so furious he had him executed. Still, according to historical records, the gate was finished after Moulay Ismail's death.

30,000 slaves built the granaries and stables. Hard to capture how huge and amazing they are

Meknes was the capital under Moulay Ismaïl Ibn Sharif, a sultan noted for his cruelty, who ruled from 1672 to 1727. His walls were adorned with 10,000 head of his enemies, his some 30,000 slaves worked 18 hour days, 7 days a week to build his granaries, stables, palaces, etc. He is said to have fathered and estimated 800-1,042 children with 500 wives and concubines. Voltaire based his sultan character in Candide on him.

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