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Moors. Castillian ambassadors attempting to convince Moorish Almohad king Abu Hafs Umar al-Murtada to join their alliance (contemporary depiction from the Cantigas de Santa María) Christian and Moor playing chess, from The Book of Games of Alfonso X, c. 1285. The term Moor is an exonym first used by Christian Europeans to designate ...
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12 de dic. de 2019 · The term "Moor" has been used to describe various groups of people, from North African Muslims to dark-skinned Europeans, for centuries. Learn about the origins, meanings, and uses of this ambiguous term in history and culture.
26 de jun. de 2024 · Moor, in English usage, a Moroccan or, formerly, a member of the Muslim population of what is now Spain and Portugal. Of mixed Arab, Spanish, and Amazigh (Berber) origins, the Moors created the Islamic Andalusian civilization and subsequently settled as refugees in North Africa between the 11th and 17th centuries.
1 de feb. de 2021 · The Moors were several groups of Berbers who played a significant role in the history of the Roman Empire and therefore of the region.
The Moors ruled parts of Andalucia from the early 8th until the late 15th centuries – 800 years of history. Their legacy, especially in terms of what we can see today, was considerable, with two of the region’s most important and most-visited monuments – the Alhambra and the Mezquita – dating from Moorish times.
1. The Spanish occupation by the Moors began in 711 AD when an African army, under their leader Tariq ibn-Ziyad, crossed the Strait of Gibraltar from northern Africa and invaded the Iberian peninsula ‘Andalus’ (Spain under the Visigoths). 2. A European scholar sympathetic to the Spaniards remembered the conquest in this way: a.
