1045 CE: ALFASI

Rabbi Isaac ben Jacob Alfasi (a.k.a. Isaac Hakohen Alfasi) moves to Fes, Morocco from an outlying region.

His works include The Rif and Sefer ha–Halachot (Book of Jewish Laws).

Alfasi was the teacher of Rav Yehuda Halevi, who in turn was the author of The Kuzari.