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Muslim inhabitants of the Maghreb, the Iberian Peninsula, Sicily, and Malta
during the Middle Ages. They were initially of Berber and Arab descent,
though the term was later applied to Africans, Iberian Christian converts to
Islam, and people of mixed ancestry.
The Umayyad Caliphate was the second of the four major Islamic caliphates
established after the death of Muhammad. This caliphate was centered on
the Umayyad dynasty, hailing from Mecca.
A person considered a religious successor to the Islamic prophet,
Muhammad (Muhammad ibn Abdullh), and a leader of the entire Muslim
community.
located in the southwest corner of Europe and is divided among three
states: Spain, Portugal, and Andorra; as well as Gibraltar, an overseas
territory of the United Kingdom. With an area of approximately 582,000 km2
(225,000 sq mi), it is the third largest European peninsula, after the
Scandinavian and Balkan peninsulas.
An ancient network of trade routes that were central to cultural interaction
through regions of the Asian continent connecting the West and East from
China to the Mediterranean Sea. It derives its name from the lucrative trade
in Chinese silk carried out along its length, beginning during the Han
dynasty (207 BCE 220 CE).
Is the spread of cultural itemssuch as ideas, styles, religions, technologies,
languages etc.between individuals, whether within a single culture or from
one culture to another. It is distinct from the diffusion of innovations within a
specific culture.
the name given to a long series of wars and battles between the Christian
Kingdoms and the Muslim Moors for control of the Iberian Peninsula. It
lasted for a good portion of the Middle Ages from 718 to 1492.