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Author: Dario Bollacasa Publisher: ISBN: 1481760726 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 50
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THERE WAS A TIME WHEN... THE MOORS RULED SPAIN We tend to think of Spain as a nation that sent Columbus west to find new lands. We tend to think of Spain as a Catholic country that came into being with Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand. But Spain also had a fascinating past that is not very well known. During the Middle Ages Spain was ruled by the Moors. Who were the Moors? Where did they come from? What did they do? The answers are in this book. Their great cities in Southern Spain became political centers and centers of learning. The Moors introduced new agricultural products and techniques, new philosophical ideas and new mathematics. You are about to discover their fascinating history, and their amazing discoveries, inventions and achievements in this second book of the series: "THERE WAS A TIME WHEN..."
Author: Dario Bollacasa Publisher: AuthorHouse ISBN: 1481760734 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 47
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THERE WAS A TIME WHEN... THE MOORS RULED SPAIN We tend to think of Spain as a nation that sent Columbus west to find new lands. We tend to think of Spain as a Catholic country that came into being with Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand. But Spain also had a fascinating past that is not very well known. During the Middle Ages Spain was ruled by the Moors. Who were the Moors? Where did they come from? What did they do? The answers are in this book. Their great cities in Southern Spain became political centers and centers of learning. The Moors introduced new agricultural products and techniques, new philosophical ideas and new mathematics. You are about to discover their fascinating history, and their amazing discoveries, inventions and achievements in this second book of the series: THERE WAS A TIME WHEN...
Author: Ivan Van Sertima Publisher: Transaction Pub ISBN: 9781560005810 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 462
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This work examines the debt owed by Europe to the Moors for the Renaissance and the significant role played by the African in the Muslim invasions of the Iberian peninsula. While it focuses mainly on Spain and Portugal, it also examines the races and roots of the original North African before the later ethnic mix of the blackamoors and tawny Moors in the medieval period. The study ranges from the Moor in the literature of Cervantes and Shakespeare to his profound influence upon Europe's university system and the diffusion via this system of the ancient and medieval sciences. The Moors are shown to affect not only European mathematics and map-making, agriculture and architecture, but their markets, their music and their machines. The ethnicity of the Moor is re-examined, as is his unique contribution, both as creator and conduit, to the first seminal phase of the industrial revolution.
Author: Gerald Brenan Publisher: New Word City ISBN: 1612309941 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 14
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Less than 100 years after they had hurled themselves out of the desert, Arabs were building in Spain a civilization that lasted almost 800 years and cast a bright ray of light into the Dark Ages of Europe. Here, in this essay by the acclaimed British historian Gerald Brenan, is the story of Moorish Spain.
Author: Stanley Lane-Poole Publisher: e-artnow ISBN: 8026892658 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 168
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This carefully crafted ebook is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. In 711 the Islamic Moors of Arab and Berber descent in North Africa crossed the Strait of Gibraltar onto the Iberian Peninsula, and in a series of raids they conquered Visigothic Christian Hispania and founded the first Muslim countries in Europe. Contents: The Last of the Goths The Wave of Conquest The People of Andalusia A Young Pretender The Christian Martyrs The Great Khalif The Holy War The City of the Khalif The Prime Minister The Berbers in Power My Cid the Challenger The Kingdom of Granada The Fall of Granada Bearing the Cross
Author: Elizabeth Drayson Publisher: Profile Books ISBN: 1782832769 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 272
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In 1482, Abu Abdallah Muhammad XI became the twenty-third Muslim King of Granada. He would be the last. This is the first history of the ruler, known as Boabdil, whose disastrous reign and bitter defeat brought seven centuries of Moorish Spain to an end. It is an action-packed story of intrigue, treachery, cruelty, cunning, courtliness, bravery and tragedy. Basing her vivid account on original documents and sources, Elizabeth Drayson traces the origins and development of Islamic Spain. She describes the thirteenth-century founding of the Nasrid dynasty, the cultured and stable society it created, and the feuding which threatened it and had all but destroyed it by 1482, when Boabdil seized the throne. The new Sultan faced betrayals by his family, factions in the Alhambra palace, and ever more powerful onslaughts from the forces of Ferdinand and Isabella, monarchs of the newly united kingdoms of Castile and Aragon. By stratagem, diplomacy, courage and strength of will Boabdil prolonged his reign for ten years, but he never had much chance of survival. In 1492 Ferdinand and Isabella, magnificently attired in Moorish costume, entered Granada and took possession of the city. Boabdil went into exile. The Christian reconquest of Spain, that has reverberated so powerfully down the centuries, was complete.
Author: Stanley Lane-Poole Publisher: Good Press ISBN: Category : History Languages : en Pages : 193
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Stanley Lane-Poole's 'The Moors in Spain' provides a detailed account of the history of the Moors' conquest of Spain, their 800-year rule, and the final fall of Granada. Written in a captivating and informative style, the book delves into the cultural, political, and military aspects of this significant period in Spanish history. Lane-Poole skillfully navigates through the intricate details of the Moors' influence in Spain, offering insights into their advancements in art, architecture, and science, as well as their impact on the region's socio-political landscape. The book is a valuable resource for those interested in medieval history and the interplay of cultures in the Iberian Peninsula. Stanley Lane-Poole, a renowned historian and orientalist, was well-equipped to author a comprehensive account of the Moors in Spain. With a deep understanding of Arabic and Islamic culture, Lane-Poole brings a nuanced perspective to the complex interactions between the Moors and the native Christian kingdoms in Spain. His meticulous research and academic expertise shine through in this seminal work. I highly recommend 'The Moors in Spain' to anyone seeking a scholarly and insightful exploration of the Moors' legacy in Spain. Lane-Poole's authoritative voice and thorough analysis make this book a must-read for history enthusiasts and students of cultural exchange.
Author: M. Florian Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN: 9781463519407 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 188
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"This book is an excellent Illustrated History of the Moors of Spain. It includes a tremendous amount of Moorish history from around the world, which is not included in the original version of the book. " www.moorthings.com In most recent times, the Moorish race, also known as the "black race" is considered a hindrance, a waist, a problem to society in these United States. That opinion is shared by those whom did not learn that the history of the Moors for thousands of years played a major part in the way we live today. The Moors have made a very significant contribution to just about all the academic systems; law, religion, mathematics, science, and medicine., even down to the way we dress as the seasons change, and our love for art; all can be traced back to Moorish origins. Do you eat with utensils? Let us not mention the thousands of inventions that they have created that western society has conveniently forgotten. These people are the aboriginals of all countries, and we would not be living without them being the parents of humanity. I present to you one of the classic books on Moorish History as we know it in Spain, but let us not forget that the Moors traveled all around the world creating civilizations and bringing spices, food, culture to many as the Barbary Powers. The book is but a small glimpse of what the Moors Accomplished in Spain and I would encourage anyone who wants to read more information about this topic to study History, true History to understand our past, present, and future. - Z. Bey The description Moors has referred to several historic and modern populations of Berber, Black African and Arab descent from Northern Africa, some of whom came to conquer and occupy the Iberian Peninsula for nearly 800 years. At that time they were Muslim, although Moors have been known to be of many other religions such as Christians, Catholics, and Hebrews. "Moors" are not a distinct or self-defined people. Medieval and modern Europeans applied the name to Berbers, Arabs, Muslim Iberians and West Africans from Mali and Niger who had been absorbed into the Almoravid dynasty. Mainstream scholars observed in 1911 that "The term 'Moors' has no real ethnological value." The Andalusian Moors of the late Medieval era inhabited the Iberian Peninsula after the Moorish conquests of the Rashidun and Umayyad Caliphates, and the final Umayyad conquest of Hispania. The Moors' rule stretched as far as modern-day Mauritania, West African countries, and Americas. Earlier, the Classical Romans interacted parts of Mauretania, a state that covered northern portions of modern Morocco and much of north western and central Algeria during the classical period. The people of the region were noted in Classical literature as the Mauri. The term Mauri, or variations, was later used by European traders of the 16th to 18th centuries to designate ethnic Berber and Arab groups speaking the Hassaniya Arabic dialect. Today such groups inhabit Mauritania and parts of Algeria, western Sahara, Morocco, Niger and Mali. Speakers of European languages have historically designated a number of associated ethnic groups as "Moors." In modern Iberia, the term is applied to people of Moroccan ethnicity living in Europe. "Moor" is sometimes colloquially applied to any person from North Africa. Although the Moors came to be identified as Muslim, the name Moor pre-dates Islam. It derives from the small Numidian Kingdom of Maure of the 3rd century BCE in what is now northern central and western part of Algeria and a part of northern Morocco. The name was applied to people of the entire region. "They were called Maurisi by the Greeks," wrote Strabo, "and Mauri by the Romans." During that age, the Maure or Moors were trading partners of Carthage, the independent city state founded by Phoenicians. During the second Punic war between Carthage and Rome, two Moorish Numidian kings took different sides, Syphax with Carthage, Masinissa with the Romans.
Author: Jean-Pierre Claris De Florian Publisher: ISBN: 9781915645524 Category : Languages : en Pages : 0
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An objective and compelling overview of the Moorish occupation of Spain, from the time of their first landings in Iberia to their final expulsion in 1492, written by one of France's greatest authors. This work became one of the standard histories of the era of Moorish rule in Spain and covered not just the military campaigns but also the cultural achievements of that time. Divided into four "epochs," this work starts with a recounting of the Muslim expansion across the Middle East and North Africa after Islam's founding by Mohammed the Prophet. It then moves on to describe exactly how the Moors then crossed the Mediterranean Sea to occupy the Iberian Peninsula. Next, it details the establishment of the Caliphate in Spain and its abortive attempts to extend its rule into France. The internal divisions within Islam and even within the Caliphate eventually led to its downfall, and replacement with individual Islamic kingdoms, which, divided as they were, became easy prey for the Christian Reconquista. Finally, the narrative ends with the fall of the last Islamic stronghold in Spain, Grenada, in 1492. In addition, this work reveals much of Islamic culture and science, and how that religion played an important role in preserving much classical thought for later Western European civilization. The second part of the book, added by later authors, then provides a fascinating nineteenth-century European assessment of Islam, and how the dominance of Wahhabism portended a revival in the more extreme parts of that region and its followers. A classic study of the Moorish invasion in Spain which has lost none of its vitality or drama. This new edition has been completely reset, is fully foot- and end-noted, and contains a new index. Contents Introduction Part I: The Four Epochs First Epoch Chapter I: The Conquests of the Arabs or Moors Second Epoch Chapter II: The Kings of Cordova Become the Caliphs of the West Third Epoch Chapter III: Containing an Account of the Principal Kingdoms that Sprang from the Ruins of the Caliphate Fourth Epoch Chapter IV: The Kings of Granada Part II: A Brief Account of the Rise and Decline of the Mohammedan Empire Chapter I: Extent of the Arabian Empire Chapter II: Literature and Science of the Arabs Chapter III: The Present Condition of Mohammedanism Index
Author: Dario Bollacasa
Author: Dario Bollacasa
Author: Stanley Lane-Poole
Author: Ivan Van Sertima
Author: Florian
Author: Gerald Brenan
Author: Stanley Lane-Poole
Author: Elizabeth Drayson
Author: Stanley Lane-Poole
Author: M. Florian
Author: Jean-Pierre Claris De Florian