HIST 133 Lecture Notes - Lecture 26: Al-Andalus, Spanish Architecture, Spain In The Middle Ages
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Medieval spain (iberian peninsula: preclude and context. By the end of western roman empire, spain was under the control of. In 711 ad, roughly 10,000 moroccan muslims invaded and conquered the entire spanish peninsula except the most northern portions. It began a period where three religions coexisted with each other: ages of muslim rule, al andalus(711 756 ad) Barber expansion into more of spain and parts of southern france. Multiple civil wars and power consolidation: independent umayyad emirate. Cordoba city was established as the new capital by rahmen i: umayyad caliphate. It was the golden age of art, medicine, culture and science. Mudejar architect: golden age for spanish jews. Maimonides, spanish jews, were officially recognized as unique ethnic group in cordoba in 1135. Torah scholars, philosophers and physicians were born and prospered during the spanish middle ages. Authors of 14 volumes of jewish literature and medicine. All literary works were written in arabic.
