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Extremely high [1] Map of the Umayyad conquest of Hispania. The Muslim conquest of the Iberian Peninsula by the Umayyad Caliphate occurred between approximately 710 and the 720s. The conquest resulted in the defeat of the Visigothic Kingdom and the establishment of the Umayyad Wilayah of Al-Andalus .
Al-Andalus (Arabic: الأَنْدَلُس) was the Muslim-ruled area of the Iberian Peninsula. The term is used by modern historians for the former Muslim states in modern Spain and Portugal. At its greatest geographical extent, it occupied most of the peninsula and a part of present-day southern France, Septimania (8th century).
From 711 to 1492 al-Andalus was the occidental frontier of Islam. Floating on the western edge of the Mediterranean, cut off from the European continent by jagged mountains, it was geographically isolated from both North Africa and Europe, from Islamic as well as Christian lands.
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.
The world of mathematics in Al-Andalus would become particularly well known for calculus and geometry. It introduced the decimal number system to the Western world: the 9 numerals were used in...
Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim World. ANDALUS, AL-Al-Andalus is the geographic term used to denote those areas of modern Spain that came under Muslim control in the Middle Ages. Today, the term (Spanish, Andalucía) refers to a particular territory located in southern Spain. Al-Andalus or Muslim Spain (both terms will be used ...
Jun 24, 2016 · In this special issue on al-Andalus I wanted to take a broader look at literary texts that engage with that Euro-Arab culture, which flourished in Spain for eight centuries and reached its zenith in Granada during the Nasrid dynasty (1238–1492).
