Muslim Invasion and Occupation of Spain

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Muslim Invasion and Occupation of Spain
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Islam

• In the 7th century the prophet Muhammad started
  the religion of Islam

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• Islam quickly spread throughout Africa and Tariq,
  the leader of the Muslims, wanted to spread into
  Spain. He got the fierce Berber tribes of North
  Africa to help.

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Iberia

• Spain and Portugal are on the Iberian peninsula.
• They were not united countries at this point, but
  were broken up into little kingdoms.

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Rodrigo the Traitor

• 711 Rodrigo (the greedy king of
• Southern Spain) wanted to defeat
• the Basques so he let the
• Umayyad Muslims in to help. They killed him and
  took over.

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The Basques

• The Basques were fierce warriors from Northern
  Spain. They were never defeated by the Romans.
  Their language is one of the oldest known
  languages on Earth.

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The Party Kings

• The Umayyad Muslims (or Moors as the Spaniards
  called them) took over Spain and tried to go into
  France. They were stopped by the Basques. They
  settled in Spain and ruled. They were known as
  the Party Kings because they lived lives of
  excess.

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2nd Muslim Wave

• Muslims in Africa were getting mad that the Party
  Kings were not being good Muslims. The things
  they were not doing included
• Praying 5 times a day
• Not drinking
• Helping the poor
• Not living in excess

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• A 2nd group of Muslims came into Spain and took
  over.
• This group followed Muslim laws, but they
  persecuted the Christians and Jews unlike the
  Umayyad.

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La Reconquista

• The Christians and Jews fought back and slowly
  won back Spain.
• The Reconquista lasted until 1492 when King
  Fernando and Queen Isabel defeated the last
  Muslim power base in Granada.

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Muslim influences today

• Architecture- The Muslim introduced the idea of
  large fortress castles to Europe and the use of
  the arch

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• Food- Many Andalusian foods are based on Muslim
  influence. These include
• Paella
• Chickpea stews
• Gazpacho
• Saffron
• Couscous

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They used better irrigation techniques to grow

• Rice
• Cotton
• Orchards
• Silk
• (from silk
• worms)

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• Music-
• Sitar gave inspiration to create the guitar

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Language

• Many Spanish words come from Arabic mostly Al, Am
  and An words
• Alcoba
• Alfalfa
• Anaranjado
• Alhambra