![]() Muslim Spain was not a single period, but a succession of different rules. The heartland of Muslim rule was Southern Spain or Andulusia. Muslim rule declined after that and ended in 1492 when Granada was conquered. It became one of the great Muslim civilisations reaching its summit with the Umayyad caliphate of Cordovain the tenth century. ![]() In 711 Muslim forces invaded and in seven years conquered the Iberian peninsula. It brought a degree of civilisation to Europe that matched the heights of the Roman Empire and the Italian Renaissance. Islamic Spain was a multi-cultural mix of the people of three great monotheistic religions: Muslims, Christians, and Jews.Īlthough Christians and Jews lived under restrictions, for much of the time the three groups managed to get along together, and to some extent, to benefit from the presence of each other. The Court of the Lions, Alhambra, Spain © ![]()
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