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Civilizations & Empires

The Moors and al-Andalus

711 – 1492 (Muslim rule in Iberia); Moriscos expelled 1609

Iberian Peninsula and North Africa (Maghreb)

Al-Andalus was Muslim-ruled Iberia from 711 to 1492. "Moor," from Latin Maurus, was a European label for its Muslims and North Africans; it never named one ethnicity, and how to describe them is debated.

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Red-and-white double arches of the prayer hall of Abd al-Rahman in the Great Mosque of Cordoba, Spain
Credit: Timor Espallargas, via Wikimedia Commons. License: CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Sources

  1. National Geographic, "Who were the Moors?" (Reference)
  2. David Assouline, "Moors," The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World, via Muslim Journeys: Bridging Cultures Bookshelf (NEH / George Mason University) (Scholarly)
  3. Smarthistory, "The vibrant visual cultures of the Islamic West, an introduction" (Scholarly)

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