Friday, August 9, 2019

Moors of Iberia

Al-Andalus, also known as Muslim Spain, Muslim Iberia, or Islamic Iberia - was a medieval Muslim territory and cultural domain that in its early period included most of Iberia - today's Portugal and Spain. 

The Alhambra & Generalife palace & fortress in Granada

Under the Caliphate of Córdoba, al-Andalus was a beacon of learning, and the city of Córdoba, the largest in Europe, became one of the leading cultural and economic centres throughout the Mediterranean Basin, Europe, and the Islamic world. 

Ultimately, the Christian kingdoms in the north of the Iberian Peninsula overpowered the Muslim states to the south. In 1085, Alfonso VI captured Toledo, starting a gradual decline of Muslim power.

Clothing of al-Andalus in the 15th century,
during the 
Emirate of Granada

With the fall of Córdoba in 1236, most of the south quickly fell under Christian rule and the Emirate of Granada became a tributary state of the Kingdom of Castile two years later. 

Emir Muhammad XII surrendered the Emirate of Granada to Queen Isabella I of Castile, completing the Christian Reconquista of the peninsula. Although al-Andalus ended as a political entity, the nearly eight centuries of Islamic rule has left a significant effect on culture and language in Andalusia.

moments after the fall of Granada
[Manuel Gómez-Moreno González, c. 1880]

This is a documentary of history not taught in western education about the Moors that invaded Europe, educated and civilized  the caucasian who at the time was in the Dark Ages - sick and dying.

The Europeans stole their history, advanced sciences, enslaved them, forced on them their idol gods and beliefs and now claim to rule the world. 

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