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- In the 11th century, when European Christians began to reconquer the peninsula, Al-Andalus, or Andalusia, came to mean only the area still under Muslim control and thus became permanently attached to the modern-day region.
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Al-Andalus, Muslim kingdom that occupied much of the Iberian Peninsula from 711 CE until the collapse of the Spanish Umayyad dynasty in the early 11th century. The Arabic name Al-Andalus likely refers to the Vandals who occupied the Iberian Peninsula in the 5th century.
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After the fall of the Umayyad caliphate, al-Andalus was fragmented into taifa states and principalities, some of which (such as the Taifa of Toledo, the Taifa of Zaragoza, the Taifa of Seville and the Taifa of Badajoz) reached considerable territorial extent.
Jan 9, 2023 · At astonishing speed, the Arab and Berber conquerors brought with them a new faith, culture, and society to the region that would last for nearly 800 years. This is the story of Al-Andalus. The borders of the Umayyad State of Andalusia. The conquest of the Visigothic Kingdom was quick and decisive.
The Muslim conquest of the Iberian Peninsula (Arabic: فَتْحُ الأَنْدَلُس, romanized: fataḥ al-andalus), also known as the Arab conquest of Spain, [1] by the Umayyad Caliphate occurred between approximately 711 and the 720s.
Sep 4, 2009 · The heartland of Muslim rule was Southern Spain or Andulusia. The name Andalusia comes from the term Al-Andalus used by the Arabs, derived from the Vandals who had been settled in the region.
Nov 3, 2022 · In the southern part of the country, churches and streets hold the remnants of eight centuries of Islamic rule. The ceiling of the Hall of Ambassadors in the Alcazar in Seville, Spain.
Jan 22, 2019 · This essay juxtaposes two recent efforts to demythologize the history of the origins of al-Andalus. Alejandro García Sanjuán has called into question the continued usefulness of reconquista as a historical model, while Emilio González Ferrín has gone further, challenging the very notion of an “Islamic conquest,” which he regards as ...
