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It was in O c t o b e r 1287, d u r i n g t h e s e c o n d y e a r of his reign, t h a t A b u Yacqub Yusuf o r d e r e d t h e b u i l d i n g of t h e fortification wall with its s t r o n g gates a r o u n d Q s a r es-Seghir ( I b n Abi Zar 1972:407). It also s e e m s r e a sonable t h a t d u r i n g this p e r i o d t h e town's m o s q u e a n d hammam w e r e r e m o d e l e d o r completely rebuilt. Historical r e c o r d s indicate t h a t A b u Yacqub s p e n t as m u c h as 3 m o n t h s at Q s a r es-Seghir in 1 2 9 1 , a n d we can expect t h a t t h e e m i r a n d o t h e r i m p o r t a n t p e r s o n a g e s w e r e periodic resi d e n t s of t h e town.
H e n c e , it is r e a s o n a b l e to a s s u m e t h a t t h e P o r t u g u e s e colony at Q s a r es-Seghir was a substantial p a r t i c i p a n t in these seminal d e v e l o p m e n t s a n d t h a t it could b e a source of n e w insights into this f a r - r e a c h i n g process. T h e a r g u m e n t , p u t forward m o s t succinctly by Wallerstein (1974), is that decisions w e r e m a d e a n d steps t a k e n t h a t laid t h e f o u n d a t i o n for today's capitalist w o r l d - e c o n o m y .
As is described in C h a p t e r 3 , t h e fortifications a n d major buildings u n c o v e r e d , all d a t e to later dynasties. Despite this, s o m e of t h e p o t t e r y , a few of t h e coins, a n d o t h e r objects excavated in t h e lowest levels a r e e v i d e n c e of t h e Almoravid p r e s e n c e at Q s a r es-Seghir. T h e newly r e u n i t e d Muslim S p a i n a n d its A l m o r a v i d r u l e r s w e r e n o t to exist in h a r m o n y for l o n g . I n S p a i n , dissatisfaction with s o m e of t h e i r reUgious poHcies a n d t h e i r " u n c u l t u r e d " b a c k g r o u n d w e a k e n e d s u p p o r t for t h e A l m o r a v i d r u l e r s , o p e n i n g t h e way for a r e s u r g e n c e of t h e C h r i s tian Reconquista.